This early work by Frank Schlesinger was originally published in 1927
and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
'Some Aspects of Astronomical Photography of Precision' is an academic
work in the field of astronomy. Frank Schlesinger was born on 11th May
1871 in New York City, USA. Schlesinger attended the College of the City
of New York, graduating in 1890, before becoming a special student in
astronomy at Columbia University in 1894. His work there led to a
fellowship and he received his Ph.D in 1898. Due to his major
contributions to the field of astronomy, he won the Gold Medal of the
Royal Astronomical Society (1927), the Bruce Medal (1929), and there is
even a crater on the Moon named after him.