THE FUTURE OF ASTRONOMY
BY PROFESSOR EDWARD C. PICKERING
HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY
It is claimed by astronomers that their science is not only the oldest, but that it is the most highly developed of the sciences. Indeed it should be so, since no other science has ever received such support from royalty, from the state and from the private individual. However this may be, there is no doubt that in recent years astronomers have had granted to...
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