See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

FRANZ See also:

• ULRICH

ULRICH THEODOR See also:

• FRANZ ULRICH THEODOR AEPINUS (1724-1802)

AEPINUS (1724-1802)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German natural philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ROSTOCK

Rostock in See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony on the 13th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1724 . He was descended from See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• AEPINUS, FRANZ ULRICH THEODOR (1724-1802)

Aepinus (1499-1553), the first to adopt the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form (aiirecvbr) of the See also:

• FAMILY

family name Hugk or Huck, and a leading theologian and controversialist at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation . After studying See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine for a time, See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz Aepinus devoted himself to the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical and mathematical sciences, in which he soon gained such distinction that he was admitted a member of the See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of sciences . In 1757 he settled in St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg as member of the imperial academy of sciences and See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of physics, and remained there till his retirement in 1798 . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life was spent at Dorpat, where he died on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1802 . He enjoyed the See also:

• SPECIAL

special favourof the empress See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine II., who appointed him See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to her son See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, and endeavoured, without success, to establish normal See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools throughout the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire under his direction . Aepinus is best known by his re-searches, theoretical and experimental, in See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity and See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism, and his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work, Tentamen Theoriae Electricitatis et Magnetismi, published at St Petersburg in 1759, was the first systematic and successful See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to apply mathematical reasoning to these subjects . He also published a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise, in 1761, De See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution caloris per tellurem, and he was the author of See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs on different subjects in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, See also:

• MECHANICS

mechanics, See also:

• OPTICS

optics and pure See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, contained in the See also:

• JOURNALS

journals of the learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies of St Petersburg and Berlin . His discussion of the effects of See also:

• PARALLAX (Gr. aapa?X6, alternately)

parallax in the transit of a See also:

• PLANET (Gr. ssXavirrns, a wanderer)

planet over the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun's disc excited See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INTEREST

interest, having appeared (in 1764) between the See also:

• DATES

dates of the two transits of See also:

• VENUS

Venus that took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century .