ASTRONOMY. 



" rent etiam Deo improlam annumerare stellas, ecelo in 

 " hereditate cunctis relicto" Lib. n. cap. '26. 



This catalogue was afterwards published by PTOLE- 

 MY, with some additions, and contained 1022 

 stars. 



b. The use of the telescope increased the number of 

 the visible stars, as well as the precision with 

 which their places were ascertained. The Britan- 

 nic Catalogue, published by FLAJVISTEAD in 1689, 

 contained nearly 3000 fixed stars. Great addi- 

 tions have been made to this catalogue, particu- 

 larly by LA CAILLE, who determined the places 

 of nearly 10,000 stars in the southern hemisphere. 



Mr WOLLASTON, in 1784, published a catalogue, in 



which the stars are arranged according tp their 



right ascension and declination. 

 The different volumes of the Connaissance des Terns, 



contain a catalogue of more than 12,000 fixed 



stars. 



LA LANDE and his nephew observed, in the space 

 of twelve years, 50,000 fixed stars, and determined 

 their places exactly. Mem. de V Academic des Sci- 

 ences, Paris 1789, 1790. See MONTUCLA, vol. iv. 

 p. 28., &c. 



c. Some catalogues, though not very numerous, are 

 highly valued for their accuracy, such as that of 

 LA CAILLE, containing 515 stars; of BRADLEY, 

 containing 309, Naut. Almanack, 1773 j of MAYER, 



containing 



