Excerpt from The Common Sights in the Heavens, and How to See and Know Them It is a common, but at the same time a very mistaken idea, that all which appertains to the celestial bodies, their movements, condition, and positions at various times, is of such a com plicated and puzzling nature, that very few minds are capable of comprehending even the elements of the science which treats of this subject. Hence very few individuals are dis posed, or can afford, to devote several years of exhausting study to acquire a knowledge of mathematics, geometry, Greek, and the many other sciences which they believe are requisite to be known, before they can comprehend even the common interesting portion of that vast page, which extends from the horizon to the point above us in the heavens. 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.