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Excerpt from Addresses at the Complimentary Dinner to Dr. Benjamin Apthorp Gould Hotel
But I will not descant upon collateral matters, nor convert this gathering of friends into an astronomical lecture-room. There are but two points more that I wish to mention. One is, that I cherish a hope that our sojourn at Cordoba may hereafter be considered as marking an epoch in a new method of astronomical Observation, namely, the photographic. The ia ception and introduction of this method belongs to our country man. Mr. Rutherfurd; and it was only through his friendly aid in several ways that I was enabled to give it a larger scope, in Spite Of many Obstacles. Now I can report that every important cluster of stars in the southern hemisphere has been repeatedly photographed at Cordoba with a precision of definition in the stellar images which permits accurate microscopic measurement; that these measurements are at present actively going on, and that the Argentine Government has undertaken to provide the means for their continuance under my supervision. It may be that I overestimate the importance of this new method; but I confess that my expectations are very high. Another year ought to Show us whether they are exaggerated or not. 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.
