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OBSERVANT travellers by the Great Northern Scotch express may see, as it nears Newcastle, the low dome of an astronomical observatory on the eastern side of the line. It is a spot which will be memorable in the history of astronomy, and it marks the home of a man who combined the practical sagacity and inventive skill which have made England the first industrial nation in the world, with the love of science which must be added to these if it is to hold its place.
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Robert Stirling Newall, F.R.S. Nature 40, 59–60 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040059a0
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