History of Physical Astronomy From the Earliest Ages to the Middle of the Ninete
History of Physical Astronomy From the Earliest Ages to the Middle of the Ninete
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Adams had solved the inverse problem of planetary perturbation; that, by means of his solution, he had discovered, theoretically, the existence of a planet exterior to Uranus; and that he had assigned to * Challis' Report to the Syndicate of the University of Cambridge ; see also Phil. Mag. , 1847.
f Airy's Hist. Statement, No. 9. Airy's Hist. Statement, No. 10.
Ibid, No. 11.
|| The elements here employed are those deduced from observation by Professor Walker of Washington.
174 HISTORY OP PHYSI...CAL ASTRONOMY.
the unknown body a place in the heavens which was subsequently found to differ little more than one degree from its actual place. All that was now wanting, therefore, to assure both to Mr. Adams and to his country the undivided honour of one of the noblest ^discoveries recorded in the annals of science, was some zealous observer to give effect to his results, by carefully searching the heavens in the vicinity of the place indicated by his theory as that occupied by the planet. If such a scru- tiny had been undertaken, and prosecuted for some time, it would beyond all doubt have resulted in the actual discovery of the planet, and the name of Adams would have been alone associated with that remarkable triumph of science.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Adams had solved the inverse problem of planetary perturbation; that, by means of his solution, he had discovered, theoretically, the existence of a planet exterior to Uranus; and that he had assigned to * Challis' Report to the Syndicate of the University of Cambridge ; see also Phil. Mag. , 1847.
f Airy's Hist. Statement, No. 9. Airy's Hist. Statement, No. 10.
Ibid, No. 11.
|| The elements here employed are those deduced from observation by Professor Walker of Washington.
174 HISTORY OP PHYSI...CAL ASTRONOMY.
the unknown body a place in the heavens which was subsequently found to differ little more than one degree from its actual place. All that was now wanting, therefore, to assure both to Mr. Adams and to his country the undivided honour of one of the noblest ^discoveries recorded in the annals of science, was some zealous observer to give effect to his results, by carefully searching the heavens in the vicinity of the place indicated by his theory as that occupied by the planet. If such a scru- tiny had been undertaken, and prosecuted for some time, it would beyond all doubt have resulted in the actual discovery of the planet, and the name of Adams would have been alone associated with that remarkable triumph of science.
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