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I have to acknowledge much valuable assistance in the preparation of this book. The diagrams have been drawn, according to my directions, by my sister, Miss A. K. Tan cock. The Rev. T. E. R. Phillips kindly lent me his original drawings of Jupiter and Mars for the photographs of Mars I am indebted to Dr. Percival Lowell; and Mr. G. F. Chambers has kindly permitted the inclusion of De la Rue's drawing of Saturn from his Handbook of Astro nomy (clarendon Press). The remaining plates are repro duced by the kind permission of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich -lick Observatory; Yerkes Observatory; Mount Wilson Observatory; Dr. E. E. Barnard; Mr. J. Granville Wilson; and Monsieur P. Puiseux, of Paris. I must also express my thanks to the Royal Astronomical Society for permission to reproduce illustrations which' have appeared in their publications; and to Mr. Charles Everitt, who has given me much assistance in preparing the book for press.
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I have to acknowledge much valuable assistance in the preparation of this book. The diagrams have been drawn, according to my directions, by my sister, Miss A. K. Tan cock. The Rev. T. E. R. Phillips kindly lent me his original drawings of Jupiter and Mars for the photographs of Mars I am indebted to Dr. Percival Lowell; and Mr. G. F. Chambers has kindly permitted the inclusion of De la Rue's drawing of Saturn from his Handbook of Astro nomy (clarendon Press). The remaining plates are repro duced by the kind permission of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich -lick Observatory; Yerkes Observatory; Mount Wilson Observatory; Dr. E. E. Barnard; Mr. J. Granville Wilson; and Monsieur P. Puiseux, of Paris. I must also express my thanks to the Royal Astronomical Society for permission to reproduce illustrations which' have appeared in their publications; and to Mr. Charles Everitt, who has given me much assistance in preparing the book for press.
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