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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A numeric vector giving the '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 'true' value is
     now considered to be 33.02.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     newcomb

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     S. M. Stigler (1973) Simon Newcomb, Percy Daniell, and the history
     of robust estimation 1885-1920. _Journal of the American
     Statistical Association_ *68*, 872-879.

     R. G. Staudte and S. J. Sheather (1990) _Robust Estimation and
     Testing._ Wiley.

