In the latter part of 1869 I had carried forward the work with the transit circle as far as it could be profitably pursued under existing conditions.
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The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents.Simon Newcomb
One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars.
Simon Newcomb
We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.
Simon Newcomb
Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.
Simon Newcomb
Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name.
Simon Newcomb
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.
Simon Newcomb
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