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Eddington References ARTHUR S. EDDINGTON Published Works1 CUP Cambridge University Press MNRAS Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Proc. Phys. Soc. The Proceedings of the Physical Society of London Proc. Roy. Soc. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A « Cours d’Astronomie. Première partie : Astronomie Theorique. By H. Andoyer », Nature, 75 (1906), p. 148. « A Criticism of Sir George Darwin’s Theories », The Observatory, 29 (1906), p. 179-181. « Greenwich in Danger » [Interview], The Daily News, 1 June 1906, p. 8. « Systematic Motions of the Stars », MNRAS, 67/1 (1906), p. 34-63. Abridged version: « The Double Drift Theory of Star Motions », Nature, 76 (1907), p. 248-250. « The “Double Drift” Theory of Star Motions », Nature, 76 (1907), p. 293-294. « On the Errors of a Photographed Réseau » [with W. H. M. CHRISTIE et C. 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