Astronomical Intelligence
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Drollery |
Subjects: | Astronomy, Light, Instruments |
Reports on a proposal to 'admit the whole of the gas lights on London Bridge' to the star catalogue, and adds that each lamp will be given a 'patent of precedence' enabling it to 'rank with ordinary stars of the first magnitude'. | |
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