See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

BENJAMIN APTHORP See also:

• GOULD, AUGUSTUS ADDISON (,8o5-1866)
• BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD (1824-1896)
• GOULD, JAY (1836-1892)
• GOULD, SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS (1844- )

GOULD (1824-1896)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American astronomer, a son of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin Apthorp See also:

• GOULD, AUGUSTUS ADDISON (,8o5-1866)
• GOULD, BENJAMIN APTHORP (1824-1896)
• GOULD, JAY (1836-1892)
• GOULD, SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS (1844- )

Gould (1787-1859), See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of the See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston Latin school, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Boston, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 27th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1824 . Having graduated at Harvard See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1844, he studied See also:

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

mathematics and See also:

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

astronomy under C . F . See also:

• GAUSS, KARL FRIEDRICH (1777-1855)

Gauss at See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, and returned to See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1848 . From 1852 to 1867 he was in See also:

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

charge of the See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

longitude See also:

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

department of the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast survey; he See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed and organized the service, was one of the first to determine longitudes by telegraphic means, and employed the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable in ,866 to establish longitude-relations between See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and America . The Astronomical See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal was founded by Gould in 1849; and its publication, suspended in 1861, was resumed by him in 1885 . From 1855 to 1859 he acted as director of the See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory at See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York; and published in 1859 a discussion of the places and proper motions of circumpolar stars to be used as See also:

• STANDARDS

standards by the United States coast survey . Appointed in 1862 See also:

• ACTUARY

actuary to the United States sanitary See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, he issued in 1869 an important See also:

• VOLUME

volume of Military and Anthropological See also:

• STATISTICS

Statistics . He fitted up in 1864 a private observatory at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass.; but undertook in 1868, on behalf of the See also:

• ARGENTINE

Argentine See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, to organize a See also:

• NATIONAL

national observatory at See also:

• CORDOBA
• CORDOBA, GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE (1453–15.15)

Cordoba; began to observe' there with four assistants in 1870, and completed in 1874 his Uranometria See also:

• ARGENTINA

Argentina (published •1879) for which he received in 1883 the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of the Royal Astronomical Society . This was followed by a See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone-See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of 73,160 stars (1884), and a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general catalogue (1885) compiled from See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian observations of 32,448 stars . Gould's measurements of L . M .

See also:

• RUTHERFURD (or RUTHERFORD), SAMUEL (c. 1600-1661)

Rutherfurd's photographs of the See also:

• PLEIADES
• PLEIADES, ATLANTIDES

Pleiades in 1866 entitle him to See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as apioneer in the use of the See also:

• CAMERA (a Latin adaptation of Gr. Kagapa, an arched chamber)

camera as an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument of precision; and he secured at Cordoba 1400 negatives of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• STAR

star-clusters, the reduction of which occupied the closing years of his See also:

• LIFE

life . He returned in 1885 to his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home at Cambridge, where he died on the 26th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1896 . See Astronomical Journal, No . 389; Observatory, xx . 70 (same See also:

• NOTICE

notice abridged) ; See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science (Dec . 18, 1896, S . C . See also:

• CHANDLER, HENRY WILLIAM (1828-1889)
• CHANDLER, RICHARD (1738-1810)
• CHANDLER, SAMUEL (1693-1766)
• CHANDLER, ZACHARIAH (1813-1879)

Chandler) ; Astrophysical Journal, v . 5o; Monthly Notices See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . Astr . Society, lvii . 218 .