See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• POND
• JOHN POND (c. 1767-1836)

POND (c. 1767-1836)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English astronomer-royal, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1767 in See also:

• LONDON

London, where his See also:

• FATHER

father made a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . He entered Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen, but took no degree, his course being interrupted by severe pulmonary attacks which compelled a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence abroad . In 1800 he settled at See also:

• WESTBURY
• WESTBURY, RICHARD BETHELL, 1ST BARON (1800-1873)

Westbury near See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol, and began to determine See also:

• STAR

star-places with a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude and See also:

• AZIMUTH (from the Arabic)

azimuth circle of 22 ft. See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter by E . See also:

• TROUGHTON, EDWARD (1753-1835)

Troughton: His demonstration in 18o6 (Phil . Trans. xcvi . 420) of a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in the See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich mural quadrant led to the introduction of astronomical circles at the Royal See also:

• OBSERVATORY

Observatory, and to his own See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as its See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . He was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society on the 26th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 18o7; he married and went' to live in London in the same See also:

• YEAR

year, and in 1811 succeeded See also:

• MASKELYNE, NEVIL (1732-1811)

Maskelyne as astronomer-royal . During an See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of nearly twenty-five years See also:

• POND
• POND, JOHN (c. 1767-1836)

Pond effected a reform of See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

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

astronomy in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England comparable to that effected by See also:

• BESSEL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1784-1846)

Bessel in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . In 1821 he began to employ the method of observation by' reflection; and in 1825 he devised means (see Mem . See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . Astron . See also:

• SOC

Soc. ii .

499) of Combining two mural circles in the determination of the See also:

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

place of a single See also:

• OBJECT

object, the one serving for See also:

• DIRECT

direct and the other for reflected See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision . Under his auspices the instrumental equipment at Greenwich was completely changed, and the number of assistants increased from one to six . The See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior accuracy of his determinations was attested by S . C . See also:

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

Chandler's discussion of them in 1894, in the course of his researches into the variation of See also:

• LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude (Astron . Journ . Nos . 313, 315)/ He persistently controverted (1810-1824) the reality of J . Brinkley's imaginary star-parallaxes (Phil . Trans. cviii . 477, cxiii . 53) .

Delicacy of See also:

• HEALTH

health compelled his retirement in the autumn of 1835 . He died at See also:

• BLACKHEATH

Blackheath on the '7th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1836, and was buried beside See also:

• HALLEY, EDMUND (1656–1742)

Halley in the See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard of See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee . The See also:

• COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON (1737—1815)

Copley See also:

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

medal was conferred upon him in 1823, and the L'alande See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize in 1817 by the 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 See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, of which he was a corresponding member . He published eight See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio volumes of Greenwich Observations, translated See also:

• LAPLACE, PIERRE SIMON, MARQUIS DE (1749—1827)

Laplace's Systkme du monde (in 2 vols . 8vo., 1809), and contributed See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-one papers to scientific collections . His See also:

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

catalogue of 1112 stars (1833) was of great2 (After Wossidlo . From Strasburger's Lehrbuch der Botanik.) Potamogeton natans . 1, See also:

• APEX

Apex of flowering shoot . 3, See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

Flower viewed from the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . 2, Flower viewed from above . 4, See also:

• DIAGRAM

Diagram of flower . axillary or terminal spikes; they have four stamens, which See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear at the back four small herbaceous petal-like structures, and four See also:

• FREE

free carpels, which ripen to form four small See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green fleshy fruits, each containing one See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed within a hard inner coat; the seed contains a large hooked embryo: An allied genus Zannichellia (named after Zanichelli, a Venetian botanist), ' occurring in fresh and brackish ditches and pools in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and also widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions, is known as horned See also:

• PONDWEED

pondweed, See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn the curved See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit .