NORTH POLE.

SOUTH POLE.

FLAM STEED S PROJECTION

(EQUAL SURFACE) SHEWING ALL THE STARS VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.

UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE CHIEF ASTRONOMERS OF GReat Britain.

RICHARD A. PROCTOR, B.A. (CAMB.)

HONORARY FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON:
FORMERLY SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,

LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1874.

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A KNOWN ONE (THOUGH, OWING TO UNFORTUNATE DOUBTS, TOO LONG

ENTERTAINED, A LATER DETERMINATION BY ANOTHER GREAT

ASTRONOMER LED TO THE ACTUAL DISCOVERY

OF THE NEW BODY)

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.