See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

NICOLAS See also:

• JOSEPH NICOLAS DELISLE (1688-1768)
• DELISLE, L OPOLD VICTOR (1826– )

DELISLE (1688-1768)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at 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 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1688 . Attracted to See also:

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

astronomy by the See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse of the 12th of May 1706, he obtained permission in 1710 to See also:

• LODGE
• LODGE, EDMUND (1756-1839)
• LODGE, H
• LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850– )
• LODGE, SIR OLIVER JOSEPH (1851– )
• LODGE, THOMAS (c. 1558–1625)

lodge in the See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome of the Luxembourg, procured some See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments, and there observed the See also:

• TOTAL

total eclipse of the 22nd of May 1724 . He proposed in 1715 the " diffraction-theory " 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:

• CORONA (Lat. for " crown ")

corona, visited See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and was received into the Royal Society in 1724, and See also:

• LEFT

left Paris for St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg on a See also:

• SUMMONS (Fr. semonce, from semonner or semondre, Lat. summonere, summonitio)

summons from the empress See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine, towards the end of 1725 . Having founded an See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory there, he returned to Paris in 1747, was appointed See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical astronomer to the See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department with a See also:

• SALARY

salary of 3000 livres, and installed an observatory in the Hotel See also:

• CLUNY, or CLUGNY

Cluny . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Messier and J . J . See also:

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

Lalande were among his pupils . He died of See also:

• APOPLEXY (Gr. arov n i.a, from aroaMvvew, to strike down, to stun)

apoplexy at Paris on the 12th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1768 . See also:

• DELISLE, JOSEPH NICOLAS (1688-1768)
• DELISLE, L OPOLD VICTOR (1826– )

Delisle is chiefly remembered as the author of a method for observing the transits of See also:

• VENUS

Venus and See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

Mercury by instants of contacts . First proposed by him in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to J . See also:

• CASSINI

Cassini in 1743, it was afterwards perfected, and has been extensively employed . As a preliminary to the transit of Mercury in 1743, which he personally observed, he issued a See also:

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

map of the See also:

• WORLD

world showing the varied circumstances of its occurrence .

Besides many papers communicated to the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of sciences, of which he became a member in 1714, he published Memoires pour servir d l'histoire et au progres de l'astronomie (St Petersburg, 1738), in which he gave the first method for determining the See also:

• HELIOCENTRIC

heliocentric co-ordinates of sun-spots; Memoire sur See also:

• LES

les nouvelles decouvertes au nerd de la mer du sud (Paris, 1752), &e . See Memoires de l'acad. See also:

• DES

des sciences (Paris, 1768), Histoire, p . 167' (G. de Fouchy) ; J . B . J . See also:

• DELAMBRE, JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH (1749-1822)

Delambre, Hist. de l'astronomie au X VIIIe siecle, pp . 319, 533 ; Max . See also:

• MARIE

Marie, Hist. des sciences, vii . 254; Lalande, Bibl. astr. p . 385; and Le Necrologe des hommes celebres de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (177o) . The records of Delisle's observations at St Petersburg are preserved in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript at the Pulkowa observatory . A See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report upon them was presented to the St Petersburg academy of sciences by 0 .

See also:

• STRUVE, FRIEDRICH GEORG WILHELM (1793-1864)

Struve in 1848, and those See also:

• RELATING

relating to occultations of the See also:

• PLEIADES
• PLEIADES, ATLANTIDES

Pleiades were discussed by Carl Linsser in 1864 . See also S . See also:

• NEWCOMB, SIMON (1835-1909)

Newcomb, See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington Observations for 1875, app. ii. pp . 176-189 . (A . M .