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THE President of the Royal Astronomical Society has announced that the Council of that Society have determined to advance the requisite funds to enable Mr. Gill to carry out his projected expedition to the island of Ascension to measure the parallax of Mars at the approaching opposition, in the expectation that they will be aided by Government or out of the Government grant to the Royal Society. At all events the Royal Astronomical Society will not allow the opportunity of making this important observation to be lost. Its duty in the matter was evident, and it has not hesitated for a moment in doing it. Mr. Gill will embark for the island of Ascension towards the end of next month.
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Notes . Nature 15, 539–541 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015539a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/015539a0
