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Phenomena of Contact

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MR. STONE can safely be left to meet the arguments specially addressed to him in Prof. Newcomb's letter; but as the subject relates to the only point of importance touched on in Prof. Newcomb's criticism of my chapter on the sun's distance, I crave permission to meet his general argument.

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PROCTOR, R. Phenomena of Contact. Nature 4, 445–446 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004445c0

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