Excerpt from Views of Astronomy: Seven Lectures Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association of New York in the Months of January and February, 1848 It throws more light upon the progress of mankind from the earliest ages, in the useful arts, than any volume we have ever seen - Alexander's Messenger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.