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Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli. Italian astronomer and science historian. 14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-giovanni-virginio-schiaparelli-italian-astronomer-and-science-historian-147100442.htmlRMJF9036–Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli. Italian astronomer and science historian. 14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910
Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault. Conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. Made in 1851. Focault suspended a 28-kg brass-coated lead bob with a 67-metre -long wire from the dome of the Panthéon, Paris. The plane of the pendulum's swing rotated clockwise 11° per hour, making a full circle in 32.7 hours. Jean Bernard Léon Focault ; French physicist 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-foucaults-pendulum-named-after-the-french-physicist-lon-foucault-conceived-147100440.htmlRMJF9034–Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault. Conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. Made in 1851. Focault suspended a 28-kg brass-coated lead bob with a 67-metre -long wire from the dome of the Panthéon, Paris. The plane of the pendulum's swing rotated clockwise 11° per hour, making a full circle in 32.7 hours. Jean Bernard Léon Focault ; French physicist 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier . French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics. 11 March 1811 – 23 September 1877 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-urbain-jean-joseph-le-verrier-french-mathematician-who-specialized-147100443.htmlRMJF9037–Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier . French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics. 11 March 1811 – 23 September 1877
A Broadside on the appearance of a comet in 1580. People observing the stars. (Warhafftige und gründliche beschreibung von dem grossen Cometstern. ) Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-broadside-on-the-appearance-of-a-comet-in-1580-people-observing-147100444.htmlRMJF9038–A Broadside on the appearance of a comet in 1580. People observing the stars. (Warhafftige und gründliche beschreibung von dem grossen Cometstern. )
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel. German astronomer, mathematician, physicist and geodesist. He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the sun to another star by the method of parallax. FWB: 22 July 1784 – 17 March 1846 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-german-astronomer-mathematician-physicist-147100439.htmlRMJF9033–Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel. German astronomer, mathematician, physicist and geodesist. He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the sun to another star by the method of parallax. FWB: 22 July 1784 – 17 March 1846
The Great Comet of 1577 passed close to the Earth and was viewed by people all over Europe. From Tycho Brahe 's observations of the comet on 13 November 1577 he was able to discover that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's atmosphere. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-great-comet-of-1577-passed-close-to-the-earth-and-was-viewed-by-147100447.htmlRMJF903B–The Great Comet of 1577 passed close to the Earth and was viewed by people all over Europe. From Tycho Brahe 's observations of the comet on 13 November 1577 he was able to discover that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's atmosphere.
Comet, 1528. The fearful Comet of 1528, accompanied by a cloud of swords, daggers, halberds, and decapitated heads. Woodcut from Ambroise Pare's 'Livres de Chirurgie,' 1597. The woodcut symbolises war and murder. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-comet-1528-the-fearful-comet-of-1528-accompanied-by-a-cloud-of-swords-147100446.htmlRMJF903A–Comet, 1528. The fearful Comet of 1528, accompanied by a cloud of swords, daggers, halberds, and decapitated heads. Woodcut from Ambroise Pare's 'Livres de Chirurgie,' 1597. The woodcut symbolises war and murder.
Comet, 1528. The fearful Comet of 1528, accompanied by a cloud of swords, daggers, halberds, and decapitated heads. Woodcut from Ambroise Pare's 'Livres de Chirurgie,' 1597. The woodcut symbolises war and murder. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-comet-1528-the-fearful-comet-of-1528-accompanied-by-a-cloud-of-swords-136354934.htmlRMHWRE32–Comet, 1528. The fearful Comet of 1528, accompanied by a cloud of swords, daggers, halberds, and decapitated heads. Woodcut from Ambroise Pare's 'Livres de Chirurgie,' 1597. The woodcut symbolises war and murder.
