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Many of the illustrations in the first portion of the work are taken from woodcuts in the earlier contributions to our knowledge of Astronomy. But, throughout, no attempt at refinement has been made in the illustrations, as the soft aspect and delicate gradations of light and shade inseparable from the proper delineation of the planets, comets, and nebulae, can rarely be reproduced by ordinary woodcuts; whilst for the present purpose any other process was out of the question. The figures are sufficient, however, for the only purpose desired, - the elucidation of the descriptive text.
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