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105.15 Could Newton have calculated the deflection angle of starlight?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2021

Robert L. Lamphere
Robert L. Lamphere*
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Elizabethtown and Technical College, Elizabethtown, KY 42701, USA e-mail: robert.lamphere@kctcs.edu
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 105 , Issue 562 , March 2021 , pp. 154 - 158
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