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ing so thoroughly calculated this inverse prob-
lem of perturbations as to lead to the im-
mediate discovery of the unknown planet,
since called Neptune.
It was soon found that the planet had
been observed, and its position recorded as
a fixed star by Lalande, on May 8th and
10th, 1795.
Mr. Lassel, in the same year, 1846, with
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