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UNDER this head may conveniently be considered not only the apparent displacement of the stars discovered by Bradley, but other kindred phenomena dependent upon the velocity of light bearing but a finite ratio to that of the earth in its orbit round the sun, and to other astronomical velocities.

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RAYLEIGH Aberration2. Nature 45, 499–502 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/045499a0

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