Excerpt from The Scientific Papers of Sir William Huggins, K. C. B., O. M These original Observations, notwithstanding the serious drawbacks and limitations which must be present in pioneering work, will have in their collected form, we are told, all the interest of a nascent science, since they led directly to, and indeed themselves formed a not inconsiderable part Of the foundations of, a new branch of Astronomy, which extends the chemistry and physics of the earth to the heavenly bodies, and under the new name of Astrophysics, is to-day zealously cultivated in all the principal Observatories of the world. 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.