Download or read book Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 13 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 13: 1920 The other day in one of the large astronomical Observatories of our country the Director showed me some of the plates, which they are making in collaboration with other observatories, which have united to systematically photograph the whole of the sidereal expanse. The plates showed innumerable little white dots on a black background. The largest of these dots were not bigger than a small fly-speck. "How many suns are there?" I asked. "There are only about five thousand visible to the naked eye in both hemispheres," replied the astronomer, "but with the help of our improved telescopes, reinforced by photography, it is estimated that we can now locate about two millions of suns." "Just about the number of the species of insects, with which we entomologists have to deal," I answered, "and we have the advantage of being able to get at them and dissect them, and learn all about them, while you at the utmost can only learn a little about these stars." "Natura maxime miranda in minimis." But my theme this evening is not the vastness of the field of entomological research. When I was requested to address you, I chose as my subject the development of our science in North America. 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.