Word: herschel
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Dates: during 1885-1885
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...find this statement: "Any one properly qualified to pursue the study of practical astronomy may be admitted to the Observatory as a student." But what is meant by "properly qualified?" It goes on to say, "a degree of astronomical knowledge as is implied in a thoro' acquaintance with Herschel's 'Outlines of As tronomy,' also a sufficient knowledge of mathematics readily to comprehend the mathematical expressions in works like Chauvenet's Spherical and practical Astronomy." Of course students of the University are thus practically debarred from availing themselves of this instruction unless they were fortunate enough to have made...