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At the time there was an unpleasant dis-
play of international jealousy. The British
people thought that the earlier date of Adams’s
work, and of the observation by Challis, en-
titled him to at least an equal share of credit
with Le Verrier. The French, on the other
hand, who, on the announcement of the dis-
covery by Galle, glowed with pride in the
new proof of the great powers of their as-
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