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planet. Anyway, the matter lay in embryo
for nine months.
Meanwhile, one of the ablest French as-
tronomers, Le Verrier, experienced in com-
puting perturbations, was independently at
work, knowing nothing about Adams. He
applied to his calculations every possible
refinement, and, considering the novelty of
the problem, his calculation was one of the
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