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“a Spherical sl ; by W.H. C. Bartuerr, LL.D., Prof. 
of Nat. and Ex. Phil., at West Point ; pp. 465. New York, 1855: A. 
8. dds & Co. Th his work is worthy of the present state of the sci- 
ence, and as a text-book for the higher classes in ee it bas no 
equal in this country and perhaps none in the langua 
The peculiarities of the work seem to be these : immed of the geo- 
metrical explanations, to which we ae been accustomed in our Astro- 
nomical text-books, of various phenomena such as the tides, the stutions 
and retrogradations of the planets, theif pen and the changes of the 
Seasons, the author deduces the effects analytically, and the explana- 
tion is contained with great neatness in the analytical formule ‘ind their 
interpretation. The ele gre of the planetary orbits are deduced with 
conciseness and beauty, the more difficult of gto rp. 
made i in the Appendix aid: pit ial: introduced in the text. 
‘eat improvements of modern science in ta seed tat are ber 
brought within the reach of every diligent studen 
In explaining the projection of a solar eclipse, ‘ih author leaves the 
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eally possess in this work what the atiheor has endeavored to 
Present, “a concise course of Spherical Astronomy i in its relationship 
to Celestial pies of which it is the offspring.” 
Th very handsomely published. Several well executed 
plates of - ioaaiveale of planets and remarkable nebule add much to 
Its v alue and beauty. 
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maps and plates. Wario 1855.—The Annual Report 
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