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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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Born July 28, 1867 • Steubenville • Ohio
Died June 21, 1951 (aged 83) • Argentina
Subjects Of Study Jupiter • solar parallax
Niccolò Zucchi
Italian astronomer
Seth Barnes Nicholson
American astronomer
Galileo
Galileo
Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician
illustration of Robert Hooke's law of elasticity of materials
Robert Hooke
British scientist
Jacques Cassini
French astronomer
Adam Riess
Adam Riess
American astronomer
Brian P. Schmidt.
Brian P. Schmidt
American-born Australian astronomer
William Cranch Bond
American astronomer
Barnard's star
Edward Emerson Barnard
American astronomer
Hall, Asaph
Asaph Hall
American astronomer
Six astronomers, after Gerard Hoet (1692)
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch scientist and mathematician
Gian Domenico Cassini.
Gian Domenico Cassini
French astronomer
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
British astronomer
Sir Harold Spencer Jones.
Sir Harold Spencer Jones
British astronomer
Lassell, William
William Lassell
British astronomer
Gill, Sir David
Sir David Gill
Scottish astronomer
Simon Marius
German astronomer
Samuel Molyneux
British astronomer

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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
Astronomy and Space Quiz
Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
All About Astronomy