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Excerpt from Second Radcliffe Catalogue, Containing 2386 Stars: Deduced From Observations Extending From 1854 to 1861, at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford; And Reduced to the Epoch 1860 The formation of the Catalogue was commenced three or four years ago, but the heavy pressure of business prevented much progress from being made m it till within the last two years, during which time it has been completed and printed. The whole of the work connected with it has been performed by myself and Mr. Luff, without the aid of any extra computers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.