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Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A Prussian astronomer of prominent ability, born at Minden; professor of Mathematics at Königsberg, and director of the Observatory; discovered—what was a great achievement—the parallax of the fixed star 61Cygne; his greatest work, "Fundamenta Astronomiæ," on which he spent 10 years, a marvel, like all he did, of patient toil and painstaking accuracy (1784-1846).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/bessel-friedrich-wilhelm.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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