Footnotes:
[1] The inferior planet Venus comes closer, but is not visible throughout the night.
[2] The facts were collected with great care and ability by S. P. Rigaud, and published by the Oxford University Press in 1832 as “Miscellaneous Works and Correspondence of the Rev. James Bradley.”
[3] Since the light must travel from the sun to Saturn and back again to the earth, the interval would be more nearly 150 minutes.
[4] Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. xvii. p. 126.
[5] This should be Cambridge, Mass.
[6] The distances do not represent the total displacement, but only the displacement towards Washington in one case and towards Pulkowa in the other.
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