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IT is to be regretted that a whole year has been allowed to intervene between the meeting of the International Committee charged with the construction of the photographic chart of the heavens and the official publication of the proceedings of the members, since the interest that would otherwise attach to the utterances of so many expert astronomers in conference assembled is materially lessened by the delay. Doubtless the collection of proofs from sources so scattered and so distant demands a long time, but the most careful and praiseworthy desire to secure accuracy might have been satisfied with a shorter period. Two very evident drawbacks result from this method of treatment. Not only have more or less complete statements appeared in various scientific journals, but the reports on the amount of progress effected by the various participants in the scheme refer to a twelvemonth since and are already ancient history.
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The Photographic Chart of the Heavens 1 . Nature 64, 449–450 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064449a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/064449a0