Astronomer

Examples

• An Alexandrian astronomer (Sosigenes) assisted in establishing the new (Julian) calendar. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Plato was a mathematician and an astronomer. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In September, 1845, he gave the results to Chal lis, who wrote to Airy on the 22d of that month that Adams sought an opportunity to submit the so lution personally to the Astronomer Royal. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• As already implied, capable assistants were at the astronomer's command. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• They were changes an immortal astronomer in Neptune, watching the earth from age to age, would have found almost imperceptible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Thus the activities of the astronomer vary with the stars at which he gazes or about which he calculates. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I found Merrival, the astronomer, with her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• At one time the Astronomer Royal had felt very skeptical about the possibility of the discovery which his own labors had contributed to advance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• From the outside, an astronomer gazing through a telescope is like a small boy looking through the same tube. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The astronomer predicts an eclipse, and on the minute the spheres swing into line, verifying, beyond all doubt, the correctness of the laws predicated for their movements. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• One of the greatest contributors to this advance was the celebrated Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe (154 6-1601). Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• We spent a day at Meudon, an old palace given by the government to Jansen, the astronomer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In fact, some writers maintain that Thales wa s not a philosopher at all, but rather an astronomer and engineer. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He also invented a barometer, and as an astronomer suggested that the return of comets might be calculated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And will not a true astronomer have the same feeling when he looks at the movements of the stars? Plato. The Republic.
• Astronomers and geologists and those who study physics have been able to tell us something of the origin and history of the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There were astronomers from nearly every nation, says Mr. Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Something has already been said of the early astronomers and mathematicians of Alexandria . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Ptolemy was the last of the great Greek astronomers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Twice we crossed the famous Martian waterways, or canals, so-called by our earthly astronomers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• A few years later, in 1878, Edison went to Wyoming with a group of astronomers, to test his tasimeter during an eclipse of the sun, and saw the land white to harvest. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In 1604 the attention of all the astronomers of Europe was attracted by a new star which suddenly appeared in the constellation Serpentarius. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• By this time great astronomers like Tycho Brahe and Valherius had divided the time-recording dials into minutes and seconds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• After that event Bode suggested that it was possible other astronomers had observed Uranus before, without recognizing it as a planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The systematic and conclusive character of L everrier's research, submitted to one of the greatest academies of science, carried conviction to th e minds of astronomers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The names of the great Arab astronomers and mathematicians are not popularly known to us; their influence is greater than their fame. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The first thing the astronomers did was to determine with precision their exact locality upon the earth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Ada ms's friends felt that he had not received from either of the astronomers, to whom he confided his results, the kind of help or advice he shoul d have received. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• We have already named the earlier astronomers, and told how Galileo was made to recant his assertion that the earth moved round the sun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There must exist some extraneous influence, hitherto unknown to astronomers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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