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BY the courtesy of Prof. Peirce, Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey, I am permitted to lay before the readers of NATURE, at the request of its editor, a brief account of the operations and results of the party which was stationed during the months of June, July, and August last at Sherman, the summit of the Union Pacific Railway.
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YOUNG, C. The Sherman Astronomical Expedition . Nature 7, 107–109 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/007107a0
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