BERNHARD See also:

• BERNHARD WALTHER (1430-15o4)

WALTHER (1430-15o4)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg in 1430 . He was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of large means, which he devoted to scientific pursuits . When See also:

• REGIOMONTANUS (1436-1476)

Regiomontanus (q.v.) settled at Nuremberg in 1471, See also:

• WALTHER, BERNHARD (1430-15o4)

Walther built for their See also:

• COMMON

common use an See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory at which in 1484 clocks driven by weights were first used in astronomical determinations . He further brought into prominence the effects of See also:

• REFRACTION
• REFRACTION (Lat. refringere, to break open or apart)

refraction in altering the apparent places of the heavenly bodies, and substituted See also:

• VENUS

Venus for 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 as a connecting-See also:

• LINK

link between observations 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 and stars . Walther established a See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing-See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, from which some of the earliest See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of astronomical See also:

• WORKS

works were issued . His observations, begun in 1475 and continued until his See also:

• DEATH

death in May 1504, were published by J . Schoner in 1544, and by W . See also:

• SNELL, HANNAH (1723–1992)
• SNELL, JOHN (1629-1679)
• SNELL, WILLEBRORD (1591-1626)

Snell in 1618, as an appendix to his Observationes Hassiaceae . See J . G . Doppelmayr, Hist . Nachricht von den niirnbergischen Mathematicis, p .

23 (1730); G . A . Will, Nurnbergisches Gelehrten-Lexikon, vii . 381 (1806); J . F . See also:

• MONTUCLA, JEAN ETIENNE (1725-1799)

Montucla,Hist. See also:

• DES

des mathematiques, i . 546; J . S . See also:

• BAILLY, JEAN SYLVAIN (1736-1793)

Bailly, Hist. de See also:

• PASTE (O. Fr. paste, modern pate, Late Lat. pasta, whence also in Span., Port. and Ital., from Gr. 1r&vrrl or 1raara, barley porridge, or salted pottage, ir&ao'ety, to sprinkle with salt)

Paste. moderne, i . 319; E . F . Apelt, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation der Sternkunde, p .

54; J . P. von Wurzelbaur, Uranies Noricae basis astronomica (1719) ; J . F . Weidler, Hist.astronomiae, p . 322; A . G . Kastner, Geschichte der Mathematik, ii . 324; Mitteilungen des Vereins See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Gesch. der Stadt Nurnberg, vii . 237 (1888) (H . Petz) ; R . See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

Wolf, Gesch. der Astr. p . 92, &e .