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To contribute usefully to the advance of science, one must sometimes not disdain from undertaking simple verifications.

— Léon Foucault

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The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable.

Above all, we must be accurate, and it is an obligation which we intend to fulfill scrupulously.

You are invited to come to see the Earth turn, tomorrow, from three to five, at Meridian Hall of the Paris Observatory.

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