John Pond

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John Pond Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (1833)

In the former catalogue which the Astronomer Royal gave in 1813, he estimated the probable extent of error at not more than one fourth of a second; and his present catalogue, which may be resumed to be improved by a greater number of observations, confirms the justness of that estimate; since the greatest difference observable is not more than two tenths of a second.
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