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Great Astronomers Selected Federalist Papers Declaration of Independence US Constitution

Great Astronomers by Sir Robert S. Ball , 1895 (paraphrased by Leslie Noelani Laurio) Preface and Introduction (are below; scroll down) Claudius Ptolemy , 100 AD-168 AD Nicolaus Copernicus , 1473-1543 Tycho Brahe , 1546-1601 Galileo Galilei , 1564-1642 Johannes Kepler , 1571-1630 Sir Isaac Newton , 1643-1727 John Flamsteed , 1646-1719 Edmond Halley , 1656-1742 James Bradley , 1693-1762 Sir William Herschel , 1738-1822 Pierre-Simon Laplace , 1749-1827 John Brinkley , 1763-1835, and the Dunsink Observatory in Dublin Sir John Herschel , 1792-1871 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse , 1800-1867 Sir George Biddell Airy , 1801-1892 Sir William Rowan Hamilton , 1805-1865 Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier , 1811-1877 John Couch Adams , 1819-1892 _____________________________________________ Preface by Robert Stawell Ball, 1895 My object in writing this book is to present the life of each astronomer in so much detail that the reader will understand the man's character