\HeaderA{newcomb}{Newcomb's Measurements of the Passage Time of Light}{newcomb}
\keyword{datasets}{newcomb}
\begin{Description}\relax
A numeric vector giving the \sQuote{Third Series} of measurements of the
passage time of light recorded by Newcomb in 1882.  The given values
divided by 1000 plus 24 give the time in millionths of a second for
light to traverse a known distance. The \sQuote{true} value is now
considered to be 33.02.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
newcomb
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Source}\relax
S. M. Stigler (1973)
Simon Newcomb, Percy Daniell, and the history of robust estimation
1885--1920.
\emph{Journal of the American Statistical Association} \bold{68}, 872--879.

R. G. Staudte and S. J. Sheather (1990)
\emph{Robust Estimation and Testing.} Wiley.
\end{Source}

