See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH WILHELM See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST See also:

• FRIEDRICH WILHELM AUGUST ARGELANDER (1799-1875)

ARGELANDER (1799-1875)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German astronomer, 'was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MEMEL
• MEMEL, or N1EMEN

Memel on the 22nd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1799 . He studied at the university of See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg, and was attracted to See also:

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

astronomy by F . W . See also:

• BESSEL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1784-1846)

Bessel, whose assistant he became (See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1, 1820) . His See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the path of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• COMET (Gr. Koµieiis, long-haired)

comet of 1811 appeared in 1822; he was, in 1823, entrusted with the direction of the See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory at See also:

• ABO (Finnish Turku)

Abo; and he exchanged it for a similar See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge at See also:

• HELSINGFORS (Finnish Helsinki)

Helsingfors in 1832 . His admirable investigation of 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 See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion in space was published in 1837; and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed See also:

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

professor of astronomy in the university of See also:

• BONN

Bonn, where he died on the 17th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1875 . He also published Observations .Astrono-micae• Alkae Factae (3 vols., 183o-1832); DLX Stellarum Fixarum Positiones Mediae (1835); and the first seven volumes of Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte zu Bonn (1846-1869) , containing his observations of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• STAR

star-zones, and his great Durchmusterung (vols. iii.-v., 1859-1862) of 324,198 stars, from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole to -2-° Dec . The corresponding See also:

• ATLAS

atlas was issued in 1863 . His observations (begun in 1838) and discussions of variable stars were embodied in vol. vii. of the same See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series . See E . See also:

• SCHONFELD, EDUARD (1828-1891)

Schonfeld in Vierteljahrsschrift der Astronomischen Gesellschaft, x. pp . 150-178 .