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 See also:

• SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612)
• SMYTH (or SMITH), WILLIAM (c. 1460-1514)
• CHARLES SMYTH
• SMYTH, SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON (1817-1890)

SMYTH  PIAllI (1819-1900), See also:

• BRITISH

British astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples on the 3rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1819 . He was called Piazzi after his godfather, the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian astronomer of that name, whose acquaintance his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612)
• SMYTH (or SMITH), WILLIAM (c. 1460-1514)
• SMYTH, CHARLES
• SMYTH, SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON (1817-1890)

Smyth, had made at See also:

• PALERMO (Greek, Havopuos; Latin, Panhormus, Panormus)

Palermo when on the Mediterranean station . His father subsequently settled at See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford and equipped there an See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory, at which Piazzi Smyth received his first lessons in See also:

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

astronomy, At the See also:

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

age of sixteen he went out as assistant to See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Maclear at the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, where he observed See also:

• HALLEY, EDMUND (1656–1742)

Halley's See also:

• COMET (Gr. Koµieiis, long-haired)

comet and the See also:

• GREAT

great comet of 1843, and took an active See also:

• PART

part in the verification and See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of La Caille's arc of the See also:

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

meridian . In 1845 he was appointed astronomer royal for See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of astronomy in the university of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh . Here he completed the reduction, and continued the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, of the observations made by his predecessor, Thomas See also:

• HENDERSON
• HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1583-1646)
• HENDERSON, EBENEZER (1784-1858)
• HENDERSON, GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERT (1854-1903)
• HENDERSON, JOHN (1747-1785)

Henderson (see Edinburgh Observations, vols. xi.-xv.) . In 1856 he made experimental observations on the See also:

• PEAK, THE

Peak of See also:

• TENERIFFE [Tenerife]

Teneriffe with a view to testing the astronomical advantages of a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain station . The See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty made him a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of £500 for the purpose, and a yacht—the " Titania "—of 140 tons and a See also:

• FINE

fine 72 in. See also:

• EQUATORIAL

equatorial See also:

• TELESCOPE

telescope were placed at his disposal by See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . The upshot of the expedition was to verify See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton's surmise, that a " most serene and quiet See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . . . may perhaps be found on the tops of the highest mountains above the grosser clouds." The scientific results were detailed in 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 addressed to the lords commissioners of the admiralty, 1858, in a communication to the Royal Society (Phil . Trans. cxlviii . 465) and in the Edinburgh Observations, vol. xii . A popular See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the voyage is contained in Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment, 1858 .

In 1871–1872 Piazzi Smyth investigated the spectra of the See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

aurora, and zodiacal See also:

• LIGHT

light . He recommended the use of the " rainband for See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather prediction (Jour . Scottish See also:

• METEOR (Gr. µerEwpa, literally " things in the air,” from µera, beyond, and aeip6Lv, to lift up)

Meteor . Society, v . 84), and discovered, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Professor A . S . See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel, the See also:

• HARMONIC

harmonic relation between the rays emitted by See also:

• CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon monoxide . In 1877-1878 he constructed at See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon a See also:

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

map of the See also:

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

solar-spectrum (Edin . Phil . Trans. See also:

• XXIX

xxix . 285), for which he received the Macdougall-See also:

• BRISBANE
• BRISBANE, SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL

Brisbane See also:

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

prize in 1880 . Further spectroscopic researches were carried out by him at See also:

• MADEIRA
• MADEIRA, or THE MADE1RAS

Madeira in 188o (Madeira Spectroscopic, 1882), and at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester in 1884 (Edin .

Phil . Trans. vol. xxxii. pt. ii.) . He published besides Three Cities in See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, (1862), Our See also:

• INHERITANCE

Inheritance in the Great See also:

• PYRAMID

Pyramid (1864), See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• WORK

Work at the Great Pyramid (1867), and a See also:

• VOLUME

volume On the Antiquity of Intellectual See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man (1868) . In 1888 he resigned his See also:

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

official position and retired to the neighbourhood of See also:

• RIPON
• RIPON, GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1827-1909)

Ripon, where he died on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1900 . See See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

Month . Notices See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . Astr . Society, lxi . '89; Observatory, See also:

• XXIII

xxiii . 145, 184; R . See also:

• COPELAND, HENRY

Copeland in Astr . Nach .

No . 3636, and Pop . Astronomy (1900), p . 384; Nature, lxii . 161 (A . S . Herschel); See also:

• ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

Andre and Rayet, L'Astronomie pratique, ii . 12, (A . M .