Standards of stellar magnitude: proposed plans and other records, 1880-1881 (inclusive).

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Standards of stellar magnitude: proposed plans and other records, 1880-1881 (inclusive).

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Includes proposed plans, correspondence and other records relating to standards of stellar magnitude.

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Harvard University Archives.

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