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Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(1784-1846) Astronomer. First to successfully measure stellar parallax when he measured 61Cygni, founded a system of reduction, improved the use of the heliometer, and was director of the Observatory at Konigsberg.

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Entry for 'Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/bessel-friedrich-wilhelm.html. 1910.
 
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