Brief biography and popular account of the unparalleled discoveries of T.J.J. See (1913)
Webb, W. L. (William Larkin), b. 1856 · Lynn, Mass. T.P. Nichols · leaf 322
Royal Observatory of Copenhagen, demonstrating theelliptical character of the orbits of all comets, thus showing thatthey are attached to the solar system, and do not move in parabolicor hyperbolic orbits, as was long believed. This work of Strom-gren has removed the last important difficulty in… … POINCARE. The eminent French mathematician and natural philosopher, and one of the greatest ofmodern astronomers.
See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson, 1866 · Astronomy
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