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THE RIDDLE OF THE NEBULAE

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by MICHAEL HOSKIN
Lecturer in the History of Science,
University of Cambridge
On August 29, 1864, William Huggins turned the telescope of his Tuise Hill observatory towards the constellation Draco. What he saw that night resolved a major scientific controversy, with remarkable efficiency.

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William Huggins
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Tuise Hill
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