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about the distances, proper motions, and
orbits of the stars; but this must be done
elsewhere. Enough has been said to show
how results are accumulating which must
in time unfold to us the various stellar sys-
tems and their mutual relationships.
Variable Stars. –It has often happened
in the history of different branches of physi-
cal science that observation and experiment
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