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MR. TODHUNTER has forwarded us a reprint from the “Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society,” in which he discusses the observations made in connection with the measurement of the arc of the meridian in Lapland in the last century. He states that having recently had occasion to study the details of the two measurements of the arc, he fcas been surprised to find that the accounts of these operations, although written by very distinguished astronomers, contain numerous and serious errors. We must refer our readers to the memoir itself for a complete account of the various points raised, for it is too long for adequate notice in the space at our disposal. A curious point, however, is raised as to the effect of theory upon observation in a paragraph which we quote in extenso:—
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Mr.Todhunter on the Arc of the Meridian Measured in Lapland . Nature 6, 283–284 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006283b0
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