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THE celebration of a centenary is an occasion for retrospect over the past and for hopeful outlook towards the future. We have here representatives of many different sides of astronomy who view it from many different aspects, and I should not be surprised if there are wide differences of opinion as to which are the outstanding landmarks in these hundred years. Like selecting the hundred best books, the selection of, let us say, the six great landmarks of astronomical progress in the century is a pastime which need not be taken too seriously. I shall venture to try my hand at a selection:—
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EDDINGTON, A. A Century of Astronomy1. Nature 109, 815–817 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109815a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109815a0