JOHANN TOBIAS See also:

• JOHANN TOBIAS MAYER (1723-1762)
• MAYER, JULIUS ROBERT (1814-1878)

MAYER (1723-1762)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at 1\Iarbach, in Wurtemberg, on the 17th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1723, and brought up at See also:

• ESSLINGEN

Esslingen in poor circumstances . A self-taught mathematician, he had already published two See also:

• ORIGINAL

original geometrical See also:

• WORKS

works when, in 1746, he entered J . B . Homann's cartographic See also:

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

establishment at See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg . Here he introduced many improvements in See also:

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

map-making, and gained a scientific reputation which led (in 1751) to his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• ECONOMY

economy and See also:

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

mathematics in the university of See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen . In 1754 he became See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory, where he laboured with See also:

• GREAT

great zeal and success until his See also:

• DEATH

death, on the loth of February 1762 . His first important astronomical See also:

• WORK

work was a careful investigation of the See also:

• LIBRATION (Lat. libra, a balance)

libration of the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon (Kosmographische Nachrichten, Nuremberg, 1750), and his See also:

• CHART (from Lat. carta, charta, a map)

chart of the full moon (published in 1775) was unsurpassed for See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

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

century . But his fame rests chiefly on his lunar tables, communicated in 1752, with new See also:

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

solar tables, to the Royal Society of Gottingen, and published in their Transactions (vol. ii.) . In 1755 he submitted to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government an amended See also:

• BODY

body of MS. tables, which See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• BRADLEY, GEORGE GRANVILLE (1821–1903)
• BRADLEY, JAMES (1693–1762)

Bradley compared with the See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich observations, and found to be sufficiently accurate to determine the moon's See also:

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

place to (A . M .