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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
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Born April 8, 1732 • Germantown • Pennsylvania
Died June 26, 1796 (aged 64) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Subjects Of Study Venus • atmosphere

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George Ellery Hale
American astronomer
Jerry Earl Nelson
American telescope designer and astronomer
Galileo
Galileo
Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
John Stanley Plaskett
Canadian astronomer
George Dollond
British optician
Gerard Peter Kuiper
American astronomer
Roger Angel
American astronomer
Horace Welcome Babcock
American scientist
Seth Carlo Chandler
American astronomer
Harold Delos Babcock
American scientist
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English clergyman and scientist
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
James Gregory.
James Gregory
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
telescope at Birr Castle
William Parsons, 3rd earl of Rosse
Irish astronomer
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
André-Louis Danjon
French astronomer

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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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