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AT last the importance of solar research is assert ing itself, even in the minds of some who in the past have shown it scant favour. It is not a little remarkable that during last month two international bodies held meetings, both of them concerned with solar observations, the one, the Solar Commission, established in 1903, which met at Innsbruck, dealing with them in relation to the meteorological changes on the earth, the other, the Solar Union, established in 1904, which met at Oxford, dealing with the physics of the sun itself. There is thus fortunately a sharp-cut line between these two efforts to advance our knowledge, and we hope that both bodies will ultimately find out the best ways of doing this. In a preliminary circular we read:—
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International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research . Nature 72, 563 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072563a0
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