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I. [A reinvestigation of this important constant has recently been published by Prof. Newcomb. Before we state his methods and results we think it well to reproduce the following admirable historical notice with which his monograph commences.—ED.]
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The Velocity of Light . Nature 34, 29–32 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034029c0
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