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NEWCOMB must be considered, without contradiction, as one of the most celebrated astronomers of our time, both on account of the immensity of his work and the unity of view which marks the choice of the subjects treated by him.
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LOEWY Scientific Worthies: xxxii—Simon Newcomb. Nature 60, 1–3 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060001a0
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