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Contemporary account from 1901
| Date: | 1901 |
| Author: | Philip Astor |
| Title: | The Centre of the World – How Time is Made |
| About: | Published in Volume 6 of The Harmsworth Magazine, pp.247–252, this is a well illustrated account of the mechanics of time finding and time distribution. |
| Images: | Eleven (including several relating to Airy’s Transit Circle) |
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