G. B. Airy and the Discovery of Neptune

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Dec 1946

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Nature, Volume 158, Issue 4023, pp. 829-830 (1946).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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THE account by Prof. W. M. Smart of the discovery of Neptune, of which a summary was published in Nature for November 9, depicts the part played by G. B. Airy, the Astronomer Royal, in a most unfavourable light. He describes the treatment of Adams by Airy as ``unbecoming to the leading astronomer of his generation''. Prof. Smart's verdict is not, in my opinion, justified, and I feel that, for the sake of historical accuracy, a reply is needed.

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