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WHEN the telescope first enabled us to scrutinise the solar surface, the spots thereby revealed formed a stumbling-block to some of the early observers, who were unwilling to attribute the smallest taint of imperfection to our luminary. And although the spots came speedily to be recognised as true solar appendages, yet until comparatively recent times they were looked upon as mere scientific curiosities, having ^no perceptible reference to ourselves, or indeed to anything else.
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STEWART, B. Suspected Relations between the Sun and the Earth . Nature 16, 9–11 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016009b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/016009b0