Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1901)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 198
e-termined the inclination of theplanets axis to its orbit, andmeasured the oblateness ofMars. Early in the 19th century came Flaugergues, Harding,and Arago who observed the planet for 36 years; and in1830-40, Beer and Maedler, who drew the first map of Mars,with the markings then known (among them… … arago (17S6-1S53) 156 Stars and Telescopes opposition of 1S62 being Sir John Herschel, Kaiser, Secchiwho studied the colors of different regions, Lord Rosse, Las-sell, and Lockyer whose fine sketches inaugurated the modernstandard of excellence. From that time onward, there havebeen critical…
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