WCP2817

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68 Redcliffe Square

S.W.

4.3.[19]03

Dear D^r Wallace

I have just read a new paper by Newcount¹ in the "Astronomical Journal" No. 525, and let down the net result [?] or the chance of it being useful to you. If is this; if we could measure the parallaxes of all then [2] write a reasonable proper motion, the average halve of their parallaxes would be about one one-fifteenth their average proper motion.

Yours sincerely | Agnes M. Clerke[signature]

P.S. He considers further that the following two hypotheses may be provisionally adopted. 1. heard of general equality in the [1 word illeg.] of the stars 2. That of the absence of any [1 word illeg.] trend. [3] in their movements.