Benjamin Apthorp Gould

[English] Benjamin Apthorp Gould (b. 1824 in Boston, Massachusetts, d. 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American astronomer who founded in 1849 the “Astronomical Journal” and also worked for a long time in Argentina.

[Deutsch] Benjamin Apthorp Gould (geb. 1824 in Boston, Massachusetts; gest. 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom, der 1849 das „Astronomical Journal“ gründete und lange Zeit auch in Argentinien wirkte.

American astronomer (1824–1896)

Born	27 September 1824
Died	26 November 1896.

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Observations of the solar eclipse of July 18, 1860, made at Cambridge, Massachusetts

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1862 — 1 edition

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Reduction of photographic observations of the Præsepe

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1888 — 1 edition

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Relations of the man of science to the community: address to the American Association for the advancement of science

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1869 — 1 edition
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Report to the Smithsonian Institution: on the History of the discovery of Neptune.

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1850 — 1 edition

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Sanitary memoirs of the war of the rebellion.

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1869 — 1 edition

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Specimens of the garbling of letters by the majority of the trustees of the Dudley Observatory

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1974 — 1 edition

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The transatlantic longitude, as determined by the Coast Survey Expedition in 1866: a report to the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1978 — 1 edition

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Uranometría Argentina: brillantez y posición de las estrellas fijas, hasta la séptima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austra : con atlas

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1879 — 1 edition

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Address on the metric system of weights and measures

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1902 — 1 edition
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Reduction of the observations of fixed stars made by Joseph Lepaute d'Agelet, at Paris, in 1783-1785

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould and Joseph Lepaute d' Agelet First published in 1866 — 1 edition

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Review of Herschel's Outlines of astronomy

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1849 — 1 edition

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Cordoba photographs.: Photographic observations of star-clusters from impressions made at the Argentine national observatory, measured and computed with aid from Argentine Government

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1897 — 1 edition
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The observatory at Pulkowa

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1849 — 1 edition

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Standard mean right-ascensions of circumpolar and time stars prepared for the use of the U.S. Coast Survey.

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1862 — 1 edition
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On the reduction of photographic observations

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould and National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) First published in 1888 — 1 edition

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Sanitary memoirs of the war of the rebellion

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Austin Flint, and United States Sanitary Commission First published in 1900 — 1 edition

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Reduction of the observations of fixed stars made by Joseph d'Agelet, at Paris, in 1783-1785, with a catalogue of the corresponding mean places, referred to the equinox of 1800.

by Benjamin Apthorp Gould First published in 1866 — 1 edition

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American astronomer (1824–1896)

Born	27 September 1824
Died	26 November 1896.

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OLID: OL162699A
ISNI: 0000000061315517
Library of Congress Names: n79059859
VIAF: 27831883
Wikidata: Q520915
Inventaire.io: wd:Q520915

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Benjamin A. Gould
B. A. Gould
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp
Benjamin Apthorp 1824-1896 Gould

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