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will not take place until April, 1910.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] In 1874, when the writer was crossing
the Pacific Ocean in H.M.S. ”Scout,” Cog-
gia’s comet unexpectedly appeared, and (while
Colonel Tupman got its positions with the
sextant) he tried to use the prism out of
a portable direct-vision spectroscope, with-
out success until it was put in front of the
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