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II. I HAVE already stated that two measurements, viz. the horizontal distances between the axes of the wires which support the lead balls, and of the fibres which support the gold balls, must be made with the highest degree of accuracy attainable, for on these the result directly depends. In order to accomplish this, I had to design a special instrument, an optical compass, which is illustrated in Fig. 4.
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On the Newtonian Constant of Gravitation.1. Nature 50, 366–368 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050366a0
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