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DOUBLE STAR ORBITS.—In the Astronomical Journal., No. 378, Dr. See gives the complete list of the various double star orbits that he has computed and published in various-journals. This is a useful compilation, and testifies to a considerable amount of industry, and exhibits his great interest in the subject. The “probable uncertainty” which he has attached to some of the elements is, however, very different from “the probable error,” which is an arithmetical result, and has a definite meaning.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 54, 280–281 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054280a0
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