1749 CALENDARIUM GERMAN SCIENTIST RUSSIAN PROFESSOR of ASTRONOMY antique

Description

Astronomy.
[Grischow, A].
Calendarium ad Annum Christi...Pro Meridiano Berolinensi. Tables.
[128] pages.
4to (7 1/4 by 8 3/4"), old calf decorated in blind, all edges dyed red, gilt-lettered cloth clamshell box provided; minor wear of binding, generally sound internally.
Radcliffe Observatory bookplate.
Berlin, 1749
Text in Latin
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August Nathanael Grischow (29 September 1726 in
Berlin
– 4 June 1760 in
Saint Petersburg
) was a German
mathematician
and
astronomer
.
He was the son of the mathematician and meteorologist. From 1745 until 1749 Augustin Nathanael Grischow was Director of the old
Berlin Observatory
.
In 1749 he became a Member of the
Prussian Academy of Sciences
. In 1750 he became Professor of
Optics
at the
Berlin Academy of Arts
. In 1751 he gave up this post in order to become Professor of
Astronomy
and Member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
in Saint Petersburg. There he concerned himself mainly with the theory of the
parallax
of celestial objects, primarily the
Moon
.
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