2. On a Revision of the Catalogue of Stars of the British Association

Extract

After a brief allusion to the importance of catalogues of stars in general, as the foundation of exact astronomy, the circumstances connected with the publication of the important Catalogue of Stars by the British Association were mentioned.

Many of the materials were well known to be imperfect at the time of printing, but that step, it was thought, would strongly induce all astronomers to improve the defective portions.