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AT the meeting of the council of the Royal Astronomical Society, held on Friday last, June 8, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to:—“That the council learn with deep concern of the danger threatened to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from the erection of a large electric generating station near the observatory; and desire to represent to the Admiralty at the earliest opportunity their conviction of the paramount importance of maintaining the integrity and efficiency of Greenwich Observatory, which has been adopted as the reference point for the whole world.” It was further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the First Lord of the Admiralty.
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Notes . Nature 74, 155–158 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/074155a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/074155a0
