There are stars near and remote and an apparently faint star may in reality be larger and more brilliant than a star of the first magnitude.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
About 30 of these are of the second magnitude or greater and hence easily found.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
"Our friend was warranted in mentioning that I have been accustomed to handling affairs of a somewhat similar nature, but of considerably greater magnitude," he said.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton