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II. THERE is perhaps no problem which has been so constant a source of interest to the learned in all ages as the solving of the mystery of the solar system. The labours of Copernicus, Tycho Brané, Kepler, and Newton have given us a general knowledge of the nature of the planetary motions ; and the investigations of later mathematicians have enabled us to predict, with wonderful accuracy, the future positions of the planets. But the dimensions of the solar system are not known with the same precision.
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FORBES, G. The Coming Transit of Venus* . Nature 9, 487–489 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/009487a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/009487a0