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Henderson, Thomas

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Astronomer, born at Dundee, astronomer first at the Cape and then Astronomer-royal for Scotland, calculated the distance of the nearest fixed star [Greek: alpha] Centauri and found it nearly 19 billions of miles from the sun.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Henderson, Thomas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/henderson-thomas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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