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of either a telescope or a clock, and read-
ing his account of the labour he bestowed
upon each observation, we must all agree
that Kepler, who inherited these observa-
tions in MS., was justified, under the con-
ditions then existing, in declaring that there
was no hope of anyone ever improving upon
them.
In the year 1572, on November 11th, Ty-
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