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THE suggestions contained in the subjoined extracts from a paper by Prof. E. C. Pickering on “The Endowment of Astronomical Research,” recently issued from Harvard College Observatory, will, we hope, be taken up by one of the many generous benefactors of science and higher education in the United States. The fundamental idea is the organisation of the forces which exist for the advancement of knowledge of astronomy. Many gifts have been made to astronomy in the United States, but in some cases the results have been disappointing, because the donors have not consulted astronomers as to the best way to promote scientific advance.
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PICKERING, E. Cooperation in Astronomy . Nature 68, 61–63 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/068061a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/068061a0