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five separateand very laborious computa-tions. In the meantime Le-verrier completed his work andsent the results to a youngGerman astronomer, Galle.Impatiently Galle waited forthe night and the stars. Onthe first evening after receiv-ing Leverriers letter, Septem-ber 23, 1846, he looked forthe… … Fig. 92. — Joseph Leverrier. CH. viii, 152] THE SOLAR SYSTEM 241 earth, beyond the reach of all our senses except that of sight,and it can be seen only with telescopic aid; its distance isso great that more than four hours are required for its hghtto come to us, yet it is bound to the remainder of…
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