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History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on June 3, 1999

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• Citation Index
  updated
• Acknowledgements
  updated

History of astronomy

Observatories and other places

• Manila, Philippines
  • Manila Observatory
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Rome (Roma), Italy
  • La ricerca astronomica a Roma (in Italian)
• Vatican City (Città del Vaticano), Italy, and Tucson, Arizona, USA
  • Vatican Observatory
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913

Persons

• A
  • Abbadie, Antoine Thompson d' (1810-1897)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Albertus Magnus [Albert the Great; Graf von (Count of) Bollstädt] (c.1200-1280)
    • Biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Alzate y Ramirez, José Antonio (1738-1799)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Ammen, Daniel (1820-1898)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Anderson, Henry James (1799-1875)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Assemani, Simeon (1752-1821)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Audiffredi [Audifreddi ?], Giovanni Battista [Giombattista] [orig. Gulio Cesare] (1734-1794)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Avempace [Ibn Badsha; Ibn Badja; ibn Baddscha; Aven-Pace] (end of 11th c.-c.1138)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• B
  • Bacon, Roger (c.1214-c.1294)
    • Biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Bar Hebræus [Bar 'Ebraya; Abu'l Faraj] (1226-1286)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Bartholomaeus Anglicus (fl.1224-1231)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Beda Venerabilis [Baeda; Engl. The Venerable Bede] (c.673-735)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Behaim, Martin (1459-1507)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Belgrado, Jacopo [Giacopo] (1704-1789)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Berosus [Berosós; Berossós; Berossos von Babylon] (c. 345 BC - c. 270 BC)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Binet, Jacques-Philippe-Marie [Jacques Philippe Marie] (1786-1856)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Biot, Jean-Baptiste [Jean Baptiste] (1774-1862)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Boethius, Anicius Manlius Servinus (c.480-524)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Boncompagni, Balthasar (1821-1894)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Borrus [Borri; Burrus], Christopher (1583-1632)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Boskovic [Boscovich], Rudjer Joseph [Ruggiero Giuseppe] (1711-1787)
    • Biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• C
  • Cahill, Daniel William (1796-1864)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Campanella, Tommaso (1568-1639[1659?])
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Campani, Giuseppe (1635-1715)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Capella, Martianus (fl. 5th c.)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Juan (1606-1682)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Carbonnelle, Ignatius (1829-1889)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Cardan [Cardano; Cardanus], Jerome [Geronimo; Hieronymus; Girolamo] (1501-1576)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Cassini, Gian Domenico [Giovanni Domenico; Jean Dominique] [Cassini I] (1625-1712)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Clerke, Agnes Mary (1842-1907)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Clerke, Ellen Mary (1840-1906)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Columbus, Christopher [Span. Cristóbal Coloacute;n; Ital. Cristoforo Colombo; Germ. Christoph Kolumbus] (1451-1506)
    • Biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Coster, Francis (1532?-1619)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Curley, James (1796-1889)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• D
  • Danti, Egnatio [Egnazio; Ignazio] (1536-1586)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Denza, Francesco (1834-1894)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• E
  • Epping, Joseph (1835-1894)
    • Short biography and reference
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Ezra, Abraham ben Meir ibn [Abraham Ben Esra [Ibn Esra; Aben-Ezra]] (c.1092-1167)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• F
  • Faye, Hervé-Auguste-Etienne-Albans [Hervá Auguste Etienne] (1814-1902)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Feyjóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo (1676-1764)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria (1789-1860)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• G
  • Gassendi [Gassend; Gassendy], Pierre (1592-1655)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Gerard of Cremona [Germ. Gerhard von Cremona] (c.1114-1187)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Gregory XIII, Pope [Germ. Papst Gregor XIII.; orig. Ugo Buoncompagni] (1502-1585)
    • Biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista (1763-1817)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• H
  • Halma, Nicholas (1755-1828)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Hartmann, Georg (1489-1564)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Heinrich von Langenstein [Heinrich de Langenstein; Engl. Henry of Langenstein] (c.1325-1397)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Heis, Eduard (1806-1877)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Hermann von [of] Reichenau [Hermann the Lame; Hermann Contractus; Herimanus Augiensis] (1013-1054)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• I
  • Ibn Rushd [Averroes; Abul Walid Mahommed Ibn Achmed, Ibn Mahommed Ibn Roschd] (1128-1198)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Isidore of Seville [Germ. Isidor von Sevilla] (c.560-636)
    • Biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• J
  • John Damascene (c.676-754/787)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• K
  • Kircher, Athanasius (1601-1680)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Koller, Marian Wolfgang (1792-1866)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Konrad von [of] Megenberg (c.1309-1374)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Kreil, Karl (1798-1862)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• L
  • La Hire, Philippe de [Philippe I] (1640-1718)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Laflèche, Louis-François Richer (1818-1898)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Lamont, Johann von (1805-1879)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von (1646-1716)
    • Biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Leverrier [Le Verrier], Urbain-Jean-Joseph [Urbain Jean Joseph] (1811-1877)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Lilius, Aloisius (1510-1576)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• P
  • Pickering, Edward Charles (1846-1919)
    • Pickering, Edward C.: On the Spectrum of Zeta Ursae Majoris
      American Journal of Science, 3rd Ser., vol. 39, pp. 46-47, 1890
    • Find more about E.C.Pickering with Alta Vista
• R
  • Schmidt, Bernhard Voldemar (1879-1935)
    • Zeichnungen von Bernhard Schmidt (in German)
    • Schmidt Museum (at the Hamburg Observatory) (in German)
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)

Items

• Astrology, Mythology, Religion, etc.
  • Revealing the Star of Bethlehem, by Michael R. Molnar
• Calendars, Time and Chronology
  • Dates and Dating
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Gregorian Reform of the Calendar, by J.G. Hagen
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Reform of the Calendar
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Jewish Calendar
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Epact
    About the Lunar calendar. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Instruments
  • Gli orologi solari (in Italian)
    Sundials in Rome
• Stellar Astronomy
  • A New View Of Mizar, by Leos Ondra
    About the double star Mizar (Zeta UMa).
  • Pickering, Edward C.: On the Spectrum of Zeta Ursae Majoris
    American Journal of Science, 3rd Ser., vol. 39, pp. 46-47, 1890

Archives and libraries

• Dortmund, Germany
  • Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Dortmund (in German)
    • Handschriften
      Among the holdings are some astronomers' letters.

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Bremen, Germany
  • Bremer Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte (Focke-Museum) (Homepage, in German)
    Holds also portable sundials.
• Hamburg, Germany
  • Hamburger Sternwarte - Veranstaltungen & Führungen
  • Schmidt Museum (at the Hamburg Observatory) (in German)
• Rome, Italy
  • Museo Astronomico e Copernicano (in Italian)
  • La meridiana di Santa Maria degli Angeli (in Italian)
  • Gli orologi solari (in Italian)
  • Le meridiane orizzontali

Meetings

• Symposium "Lucifer's Rock (Teufelstein), a prehistoric landmark of astronomical background?" (Or see German version.)
  August 6-7, 1999, St. Jakob im Walde, Steiermark, Austria
• The Universe of G.Gamow: Original Ideas in Astrophysics and Cosmology
  August 16-22, 1999, Odessa, Ukraine
  The conference will include a memorial session for G.Gamow.
• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 1999 (updated)

History of science

Meetings

• Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of the Physical Sciences
  September 17-19, 1999, Washington, D.C., USA

Wolfgang R. Dick