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New Light on Pacific Railways Tail of Comet Will Sweep Earth
A discussion of the Pacific railroad war between Union Pacific and Central Pacific, detailing subsidies, bids, and a race to Ogden, with notes on Huntington Hopkins Stanford and Crocker. It also covers Halley’s comet observations from Lick Observatory, including predicted visibility, orbital distances, and potential sunrise timing.
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Pacific Railways
Earth
New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railway
Charles Edward Russell
Hampton's Magazine
Russell
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
United States
Collis P. Huntington
Leland Stanford
Mark Hopkins
Charles Crocker
California
Huntington
Congress
Sacramento
Sierras
Sierra Mountains
Judah
Sierra
Ogden
Great Valley
Rocky
Sierra Nevada Ranges
Hopkins
Crocker
Mount Hamilton
Halley
Lick Observatory
W. W. Campbell
Campbell
Curtis
Crossley
Rocky Mountains
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Asia