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 52
HANSEN (1795-1874) (Peter Andreas Hansen was one of the greatest mathematicalastronomers of the 19th century. His tables of Sun and Moon,although now nearly a half century old, are still the basis of com-putation by which all timepieces are regulated, and Hie ships ofall nations guided. Twice he… … DELAUNAY (1S16-1S72) (Charles Eugene Delaunay was perhaps the greatest of modern,French geometers. He succeeded Arago and Le Verrier asdirector of the Paris Observatory. Uelaunavs masterpiece en-titled La Theorie du Mouvement dc la Lime is published in twoquarto volumes of the Mcmoires de IAcademie…
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