Simon Newcomb - One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement...

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One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars.

Simon Newcomb

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Man weiß kaum, wo man in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte nach einer wichtigen Bewegung suchen muss, die ihren Anfang in einem so reinen und einfachen Zufall hatte wie derjenige, der zum Bau des großen Washingtoner Teleskops führte, und zur Entdeckung des Satelliten des Mars.

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