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... Henry Draper, for investigations in astronomical physics.]
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... APPENDICES WATSON MEDAL 347 [Founded in z883, by James C Watson, for the promotion of astronomical research.]
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... 96-97. Report of the committee of the National Academy of Sciences appointed to exernine the "Wind and Current Charts" and " Sailing Directions " issued from the Naval Observatory.
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