Excerpt from Preliminary General Catalogue of 6188 Stars for the Epoch 1900: Including Those Visible to the Naked Eye and Other Well-Determined Stars The General Catalogue Oi 6188 stars herein contained is the result of an attempt to deduce for those stars the most accurate positions and motions that are readily attainable from the means at command. Computation of the motions has been the primary aim Of this work. Putting the results in the form of a star catalogue for the epoch 1900 is a natural method of exhibiting these results and is, apparently, the most useful way in which they could have been presented; but it has not been at any time the first consideration. 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.