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Section I. 



A S T R O N O M Y. 



BY G. R AIRY, ESQ., 



ASTK0N05IER ROYAL. 



The science of Astronomy may occasiorially derive benefit 

 from the observati ons of naYis;ators in the fbl lowiii<j 



respects : 



By contributions to Astronomy in general. 



By ImproYcment of the methods of Nautical Astro 



nomy 



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By accurate attention to Aritronomical Geography 



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rhe remarks which follow will be arranged under these 



i leads. 



General Adronormj, 





L The first point which calls for attention is the ob- 

 ^^r-^^tion of the places of comets or other extraordinary 

 bo('ies, 'Specially those which can be seen only in low 

 ^^ >^^rn or in southern latitudes. In regard to these 

 observations (and indeed to almost all others), one re- 

 mark iMnnot be too strongly impressed on the observers : 

 that a bad observation, or an observation which is given 



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