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I HAVE the honour to inclose to you a copy of a circular which I have lately sent out from my observatory to upwards of 200 observatories, public and private, scattered over the face of the globe. I have long felt that it was highly desirable that some means should be found whereby the di coveries in astronomy should be made public in a rapid and systematic manner, more especially in this country, where I am proud to say we number so many among all classes who take an intelligent and earnest interest in this the highest of the studies of nature. After much thought as to the best means of carrying out the plan, I determined, it may be presumptuously, to endeavour to do the work myself, and to that end I issued the circular to all directors of observatories whose addresses I could lay my hands upon. Should I have the fortune to receive favourable replies from abroad, I hope to make the matter successful. Now as to the distribution of the news in the British Islands: I am making a list of those who apply to me for the circulars and I will endeavour to post these within 24 hours of receiving the notice myself. I have made arrangements with the telegraph officials, that any telegram addressed (as below) shall be sent out at whatever hour it may arrive: I have further set up a small printing press in my observatory from which to pull the circulars, as I feel sure that this is the most convenient method and the least liable to error.
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LINDSAY To Astronomers. Nature 21, 106 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/021106b0
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