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asked for particulars about the radius vec-
tor. Adams did not then reply, as the an-
swer to this question could be seen to be
satisfactory by looking at the data already
supplied. He was a most unassuming man,
and would not push himself forward. He
may have felt, after all the work he had
done, that Airy’s very natural inquiry showed
no proportionate desire to search for the
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