CESAR See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• CASSINI

CASSINI  , Or See also:

• CASSINI

CASSINI DE THURY (1714-1784), son of Jacques Cassini, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at the See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the ,7th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1714 . He succeeded to his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official employments, continued the hereditary See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying operations, and began in 1744 the construction of a See also:

• GREAT

great topographical See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . The See also:

• POST

post of director of the Paris observatory was created for his benefit in 1771, when the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment ceased to be a dependency of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences . Cassini de Thury died at Thury on the 4th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1784 . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WORKS

works are:—Meridienne de l'observatoire de Paris (1744), Description geometrique de la terre (1775), and Description geometrique de la France (1784) . See C . See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

Wolf, Histoire de l'observatoire de Paris, p . 287; Max . See also:

• MARIE

Marie, Histoire See also:

• DES

des sciences, viii . 158; J . See also:

• DELAMBRE, JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH (1749-1822)

Delambre, Histoire de l'astronomie au X VIIIM siecle, pp . 275-309; R .

Wolf, Geschichte der Astronomic, p . 451; J . J. de See also:

• LALANDE, JOSEPH JEROME LEFRANCAIS DE (1732-1807)

Lalande, Bibliographic astronomique .