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most brilliant in the records of astronomy.
In criticism it has been said that these were
exhibitions of skill rather than helps to a so-
lution of the particular problem, and that,
in claiming to find the elements of the orbit
within certain limits, he was claiming what
was, under the circumstances, impossible,
as the result proved.
In June, 1846, Le Verrier announced,
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