

   NNeewwccoommbb''ss MMeeaassuurreemmeennttss ooff tthhee PPaassssaaggee TTiimmee ooff LLiigghhtt

   SSUUMMMMAARRYY::

        A numeric vector giving the Third Series of measure-
        ments 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 tra-
        verse a known distance.  The "true" value is now con-
        sidered to be 33.02.

   SSOOUURRCCEE::

        S. M. Stigler (1973) Simon Newcombe, 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 Estima-
        tion and Testing.  Wiley

