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IT has been suggested that a short account of my work upon stellar photographs for the attainment of accurate observations might be acceptable to the astronomical section. My intention had been to attend this meeting as a listener and learner only, but I comply with the suggestion the more readily, since, by a notable coincidence, I spoke upon the same subject in this place just twenty years ago this week. It is true that my communication then was only an oral one, and never reduced to writing, for the successful establishment of the Atlantic cable, of which I had received notice that day, called me away suddenly, before the time fixed for the regular presentation; but an elaborate written memoir upon the subject had been presented to the National Academy, ten days previous, at Northampton.
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GOULD, B. Photographic Determinations of Stellar Positions 1 . Nature 34, 560–562 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034560a0
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