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Excerpt from Questions on Lockyer's Elementary Lessons in Astronomy: For the Use of Schools
The following questions on Mr. Lockyer's "Lessons in Astronomy" have been framed with the object of bringing that work within the ready grasp both of teacher and pupil. Seeing how eagerly this Manual has been welcomed by other nations, and fully satisfied myself of its value and completeness, I feel it would be matter worthy of public censure were not every facility afforded the English student for its intelligent and thorough comprehension. The questions, in most instances, are intended to be direct and exhaustive; where they are not so, it is with the view of giving necessary latitude to the teacher. To Mr. Lockyer, without whose encouragement I should scarcely have ventured upon these questions, I am indebted for several suggestions. 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.
