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THE 



RECENT PROGRESS 



OP 



ASTRONOMY; 



ESPECIALLY 



IN THE UNITED STATES. 



BY ELIAS LOOMIS, LLD., 



PBOFE380E OF MATHEMATICS AJfD XATUEAL PHILO8OPHT IK TUB TTN1VEB8ITY OF 

 CITT OF NEW TOBK, AXD ATJTHOB OF A COTTESS OF MATHEMATICS. 



THIRD EDITION, 



MOSTLY RE-WBITTEM, AND MUCH E N I. A B G E D . 



NEW YOKK: 

 HARPER & BROTHERS, 



329 TO 335 PEAEL STREET. 

 1856. 



