19. Scout Niblett – Kidnapped By Neptune
„Sir,—The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I found a star of the eighth magnitude, which was not recorded in the excellent map designed by Dr. Bremiker, containing the twenty-first hour of the collection published by the Royal Academy of Berlin. The observation of the succeeding day showed it to be the Planet of which we were in quest.“
~ Johann Gottfried Galle in: Michael E. Bakich The Cambridge Planetary Handbook, Cambridge University Press, 2000, p. 282
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptun_(Planet)
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Gewöhnlich glaubt der Mensch - wenn er nur Worte hört - es müsse sich dabei doch auch was denken lassen.