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    Simon Newcomb

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    We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy. ↗


    — Simon Newcomb

    #astronomy #know #limit #nearing #probably

    What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. ↗


    — Simon Newcomb

    #constant #could #enjoyed #fixed #guidance

    Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it. ↗


    — Simon Newcomb

    #eclipse #observe #out #parties #region






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    Did you know about Simon Newcomb?

    Newcomb was able to use the "new" data to revise Hansen's tables. His parents were Emily Prince the daughter of a New Brunswick magistrate and itinerant school teacher John Burton Newcomb. Newcomb set to work on the measurement of the position of the planets as an aid to navigation becoming increasingly interested in theories of planetary motion.

    Though he had little conventional schooling he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as writing on economics and statistics and authoring a science fiction novel.

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