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LONDON:

Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE,

New-Street-Square.

THE

CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA.

CONDUCTED BY THE

REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL.D. F. R. S. L. & E

M.R.L.A. F.R.A.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. Hon. F.C.P.S. &c. &c.

ASSISTED BY

EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN.

Natural Philosophy.

ASTRONOMY.

BY

SIR JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL, KNT. GUELP.

F.R.S.L. & E. M.R.I.A. F.R.A.S. F.G.S. M.C.U.P.S.

CORRESPONDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF PARIS, AND
OTHER FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.

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LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW;

AND JOHN TAYLOR,

UPPER GOWER STREET.

1833.
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ET QUONIAM EADEM NATURA CUPIDITATEM INGENUIT HOMINIBUS VERI INVENIENDI, QUOD FACILLIME APPARET, CUM VACUI CURIS, ETIAM QUID IN COELO FIAT, SCIRE AVEMUS: HIS INITIIS INDUCTI OMNIA VERA DILIGIMUS; ID EST, FIDELIA, SIMPLICIA, CONSTANTIA; TUM VANA, FALSA, FALLENDIA ODIMUS.

CICERO, DE FIN. BON. ET MAL. ii, 14.

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AND FORASMUCH AS NATURE ITSELF HAS IMPLANTED IN MAN A CRAVING AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF TRUTH, (WHICH APPEARS MOST CLEARLY FROM THIS, THAT, WHEN UNOPPRESSED BY CARES, WE DELIGHT TO KNOW EVEN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE HEAVENS,) -LED BY THIS INSTINCT, WE LEARN TO LOVE ALL TRUTH FOR ITS OWN SAKE; THAT IS TO SAY, WHATEVER IS FAITHFUL, SIMPLE, AND CONSISTENT; WHILE WE HOLD IN ABHORRENCE WHATEVER IS EMPTY, DECEPTIVE, OR UNTRUE.

TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY.

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SIR JOHN FW. HERSCHEL, KN? GTELP.

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CORRESPONDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF PARIS.
AND OTHER FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.

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FISHED BY LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMAN, PATERNOSTER ROW,

AND JOHN TAYLOR, UPPER GOWER STREET.

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