Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (French: [lalɑ̃d]; 11 July 1732 – 4 April 1807) was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. Lalande was born at...
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Baily, Francis; Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de (1847). "Catalogue of those stars in the Histoire céleste française of Jérôme Delalande, for which...
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missionary Jérôme Lalande (1732–1807), French astronomer and writer Julien Pierre Anne Lalande (1787–1844), French admiral Louis Lalande (active from...
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astronomer and human computer. Lepaute along with Alexis Clairaut and Jérôme Lalande calculated the date of the return of Halley's Comet. Her other astronomical...
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Aerostatique (the French equivalent) was a constellation created by Jérôme Lalande in 1798. It lay between the constellations Piscis Austrinus, Capricornus...
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French astronomer Jérôme Lalande in 1795. It depicted a wall-mounted quadrant with which he and his nephew Michel Lefrançois de Lalande had charted the...
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Felis (Latin for cat) was a constellation created by French astronomer Jérôme Lalande in 1799. He chose the name partly because, as a cat lover, he felt sorry...
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Histoire céleste française (redirect from Lalande catalog)
astrometric star catalogue published in 1801 by the French astronomer Jérôme Lalande and his staff at the Paris Observatory. This star catalog consists of...
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mathematician and astronomer Joseph-Louis Lagrange, the astronomer Jérôme Lalande, the mathematician Gaspard Monge, the astronomer and naval geographer...
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Bibcode:1919LAstr..33...92R. "LES LAURÉATS DU PRIX LALANDE". La Revue scientifique. TOME 40. Paris: 460–463. 1887. "The Lalande Prize". Popular Astronomy. 25: 215. 1917...
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the French Academy of Sciences. The prize was endowed by astronomer Jérôme Lalande in 1801, a few years before his death in 1807, to enable the Academy...
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Olympique Lyonnais and France Alain Giletti, (born 1939), ice skater Jérôme Lalande (1732–1807), astronomer, freemason and writer. Isabelle Lonvis-Rome...
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eastern edge of Mare Insularum. It was named after French astronomer Jérôme Lalande. The crater is surrounded by a high-albedo area of ejecta that extends...
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of them died in the endeavour. The various results were collated by Jérôme Lalande to give a figure for the solar parallax of 8.6″. Karl Rudolph Powalky...
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Lefrançois de Lalande (1776-1839) in 1788. She was also the niece of the astronomer and writer Jérôme Lalande, who was said to have valued Lalande for her mathematical...
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developed. The name "vernier" was popularised by the French astronomer Jérôme Lalande (1732–1807) through his Traité d'astronomie (2 vols) (1764). The use...
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preparation "to be consumed fresh or to preserve". The writer and voyager Jérôme Lalande in his book "Voyage en Italie", Paris, 1771, vol. 8, page 269, noted...
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Georgii by Lalande) 1781 Maximilian Hell Quadrans Muralis /ˈkweɪdrænz mjʊəˈreɪlɪs/ Quadrantis Muralis Mural Quadrant 1795 Jérôme Lalande Quadratum Quadrati...
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sent his complete observations to Oriani, Bode, and French astronomer Jérôme Lalande. The information was published in the September 1801 issue of the Monatliche...
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name Occupation Location Portrait SEGUIN Marc Seguin engineer NW01 LALANDE Jérôme Lalande astronomer NW02 TRESCA Henri Tresca engineer and mechanic NW03 PONCELET...
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densities and masses of the Sun, Moon and planets, sent by Hutton to Jérôme Lalande for inclusion in his planetary tables. As discussed above, establishing...
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part of his Histoire. After his death, his Histoire was completed by Jérôme Lalande, and published at Paris in 1799–1802 (4 vols). Ivor Grattan-Guinness...
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sextant, barometer, or other graduated instrument and was given by Jérôme Lalande. Lalande showed that the previous name, nonius after Pedro Nunes, belonged...
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Muralis, a former constellation created in 1795 by the French astronomer Jérôme Lalande that included portions of Boötes and Draco. In early January 1825, Antonio...
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Sylvain Bailly. Eloges by Merard de Saint Just, Delisle de Salles, Jérôme Lalande and Lacretelle A memoir by François Arago, read on 26 February 1844...
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Britain and Hanover, and alternatives were soon proposed. Astronomer Jérôme Lalande proposed that it be named Herschel in honour of its discoverer. Swedish...
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before she was assisted into the basket of the balloon by the astronomer Jérôme Lalande. The balloon trip passed without incident and the journey ended at Goussainville...
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sent his complete observations to Oriani, Bode, and French astronomer Jérôme Lalande. The information was published in the September 1801 issue of the Monatliche...
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the age, such as Georges Cuvier, René Just Haüy, Jean-Baptiste Biot, Jérôme Lalande, Gaspard Monge, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and many more. He also published...
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de Lalande, chevalier de Sainte-Marthe (1615–1679), French soldier Jean de Lalande (died 1646), French Jesuit missionary Joseph de Lalande or Jérôme Lalande...
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