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Friedrich Wilhelm
[free-drik wil-helm;; German free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪk ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1784–1846, German astronomer.
Historical Examples
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 Various
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
Twelve Stories and a Dream H. G. Wells
Twelve Stories and a Dream H. G. Wells
Twelve Stories and a Dream H. G. Wells
Pioneers of Science Oliver Lodge
Twelve Stories and a Dream H. G. Wells
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
Twelve Stories and a Dream H. G. Wells
noun
Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1784–1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He made the first authenticated measurement of a star’s distance (1841) and systematized a series of mathematical functions used in physics
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