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A specimen of a general astronomical catalogue, arranged in zones of North Polar distance, and adapted to Jan. 1, 1790: Containing a comparative view of the mean positions of stars, Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars, as they come out upon calculation from the tables of Several Principal observers; Together with A Proposal for setting on foot some regular method of observing the heavens, through the concurrent assistance of Astronomers in all nations; in order to form a more perfect register of their present state, and discover any alterations to which they may regularly be subject, or which they may at any time hereafter undergo. By Francis Wollaston, F.R.S.
printed for G. and T. Wilkie, St. Paul's Church-Yard
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1774
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