# A Short History of Astronomy (1898)/Index of Names

INDEX OF NAMES.
Adams (1819–1892), xiii. 286, 287, 289
Adelard. See Athelard
Airy (1801–1892), x. 227 n; xiii. 281, 292
Albategnius (?–929), ii. 53; iii. 59, 66, 68 n; iv. 84, 85
Albert (of Prussia), v. 94
Albertus Magnus (13th cent.), iii. 67
Alcuin (735–804), iii. 65
Alembert, d'. See D'Alembert
Alexander, ii. 31
Alfonso X. (1223–1284), iii. 66, 68; v. 94
Al Mamun, iii. 57, 69
Al Mansur, iii. 56
Al Rasid, iii. 56
Alva, vii. 135
Anaxagoras (499 B.C.?–427 B.C.?), i. 17
Anaximander (610 B.C.–546 B.C.?), i. 11
Apian (1495–1552), iii. 69; v. 97; vii. 146
Apollonius (latter half of 3rd cent. B.C.), ii. 38, 39, 45, 51, 52 n; x. 205
Arago, xii. 254
Archimedes, ii. 52 n; iii. 62
Argelander (1799–1875), xiii. 280
Aristarchus (earlier part of 3rd cent. B.C.), ii. 24, 32, 41, 42, 54; iv. 75
Aristophanes, ii. 19
Aristotle (384 B.C.–322 B.C.), ii. 24, 27-30, 31, 47, 51, 52; iii. 56, 66, 67, 68; iv. 70, 77; v. 100; vi. 116, 121, 125, 134; viii. 163
Aristyllus (earlier part of 3rd cent. B.C.), ii. 32, 42
Arzachel (fl. 1080), iii. 61, 66
d'Ascoli, Cecco (13th cent.), iii. 67
Athelard (beginning of 12th cent.), iii. 66
Bacon, Roger (1214?–1294), iii. 67; vi. 118
Bailly, xi. 237
Ball, xiii. 278 n
Bär, Reymers (Ursus) (?–1600), v. 105
Barberini (Urban VIII.), vi. 125, 127, 131, 132
Barnard, xiii. 294, 295
Baronius, vi. 125
Barrow, Isaac, ix. 166
Bayer, xii. 266
Bede, iii. 65
Begh, Ulugh. See Ulugh Begh
Bellarmine, vi. 126
Bentley, ix. 191
Berenice, i. 12
Bernouilli, Daniel (1700–1782), xi. 230
Bernouilli, James (1654–1705), xi. 230
Bernouilli, John (1667–1748), xi. 229, 230
Bessel (1784–1846), x. 198 n, 218; xiii. 272, 277-278, 279, 280
Bille, v. 99
Bliss (1700–1764), x. 219
Bond, William Cranch (1789–1859), xiii. 295
Borelli (1608–1679), ix. 170
Bouguer (1698–1758), x. 219, 221
Boulliau. See Bullialdus
Bouvard, xi. 247 n; xiii. 289
Bradley (1693–1762), x. 198, 206-218, 219, 222-226; xi. 233; xii. 257, 258, 263, 264; xiii. 272, 273, 275, 277
Brahe, Tycho (1546–1601), iii. 60, 62; v. 97, 98 n, 99-112; vi. 113, 117, 127; vii. 136-139, 141 n, 142, 145, 146, 148; viii. 152, 153, 162; ix. 190; x. 198, 203, 225; xii. 257; xiii. 275
Brudzewski, iv. 71
Bruno, vi. 132
Bullialdus (1605–1694), xii. 266
Bunsen, xiii. 299
Burckhardt (1773–1825), xi. 241
Bürg (1766–1834), xi. 241
Bürgi (1552–1632), v. 97, 98; viii. 157
Burney, Miss, xii. 260
Burnham, xiii. 309
Caccini, vi. 125
Caesar, ii. 21; iii. 67
Callippus (4th cent. B.C.), ii. 20, 26, 27
Capella, Martianus (5th or 6th cent. A.D.), iv. 75
Carlyle, xi. 232
Carrington (1826–1875), xiii. 298, 302
Cartesius. See Descartes
Cassini, Count (1748–1845), x. 220
Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625–1712), viii. 160, 161; ix. 187; x. 216, 220, 221, 223; xii. 253, 267; xiii. 297
Cassini, Jacques (1677–1756), x. 220, 221, 222
Cassini de Thury (1714–1784), x. 220
Castelli, vi. 125
Catherine II., x. 227; xi. 230, 232
Cavendish (1731–1810), x. 219
Cecco d'Ascoli (1257?–1327), iii. 67
Chandler, xiii. 285
Charlemagne, iii. 65
Charles II., x. 197, 223
Christine (the Grand Duchess), vi. 125
Clairaut (1713–1765), xi. 229, 230, 231, 232, 233–235, 237, 239, 248; xiii. 290
Clement VII., iv. 73
Clerke, xiii. 289 n
Clifford, ix. 173 n
Colombe, Ludovico delle, vi. 119 n
Columbus, iii. 68
La Condamine (1701–1774), x. 219, 221
Conti, vi. 125
Cook, x. 227
Coppernicus (1473–1543), ii. 24, 41 n, 54; iii. 55, 62, 69; IV. passim; v. 93–97, 100, 105, 110, 111; vi. 117, 126, 127, 129; vii. 139, 150; ix. 186, 194; xii. 257; xiii. 279
Cornu, xiii. 283
Cosmo de Medici, vi. 121
Cotes (1682–1716), ix. 192
Crosthwait, x. 198
Cusa, Nicholas of (1401–1464), iv. 75
D'Alembert (1717–1783), x. 215; xi. 229, 230, 231 n, 232–235, 237-239, 248
Damoiseau (1768–1846), xiii. 286
Dante, iii. 67; vi. 119 n
Darwin, xiii. 292, 320
Da Vinci. See Vinci
Dawes (1799–1868), xiii. 295
Delambre, ii. 44; x. 218; xi. 247 n; xiii. 272
Delaunay (1816–1872), xiii. 286, 287
De Morgan, ii. 52 n
Descartes (1596–1650), viii. 163
Diderot, xi. 232
Digges, Leonard (?–1571 ?), vi. 118
Digges, Thomas (?–1595), v. 95
Donati (1826–1873), xiii. 304
Doppler (1803–1853), xiii. 302
Dreyer, xiii. 308
Dunér, xiii. 302
Ecphantus (5th or 6th cent. B.C.), ii. 24
Eddin, Nassir (1201–1273), iii. 62, 68; iv. 73
Encke (1791–1865), x. 227; xiii. 284
Eratosthenes (276 B.C.–195 or 196 B.C.), ii. 36, 45, 54; x. 221
Euclid (fl. 300 B.C.), ii. 33, 52 n; iii. 62, 66; vi. 115; ix. 165
Eudoxus (409 B.C. ?–356 B.C. ?), ii. 26, 27, 38, 42, 51
Euler (1707–1783), x. 215, 226; xi. 229, 230, 231 n, 233–236, 237, 239, 242, 243; xiii. 290
Fabricius, John (1587–1615 ?), vi. 124
Ferdinand (the Emperor), vii. 137, 147
Fernel (1497–1558),iii. 69
Ferrel, xiii. 287
Field (1525?–1587), v. 95
Fizeau (1819–1896), xiii. 283
Flamsteed (1646–1720), ix. 192; x. 197, 198, 199, 204, 207 n, 218, 225; xii. 257; xiii. 275, 281
Fracastor (1483–1553), iii. 69; iv. 89; vii. 146
Fraunhofer (1787–1826), xiii. 299, 311
Frederick II. (of Prussia), xi. 230, 232, 237
Galen, ii. 20; iii. 56; vi. 116
Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642), ii. 30 n, 47; iv. 73; v. 96, 98 n, VI. passim; vii. 135, 136, 138, 145, 151; viii. 152–154, 157, 163; ix. 165, 168, 170, 171, 173, 179, 180, 186, 190, 195; x. 216; xii. 253, 257, 263, 268; xiii. 278, 295
Galilei, Vincenzo, vi. 113
Galle, xiii. 281, 289
Gascoigne (1612 ?–1644), viii. 155, 156; x. 198
Gauss (1777–1855). xiii. 275, 276, 294
Gautier (1793–1881), xiii. 298
Genghis Khan, iii. 62
George III., xii. 254–256
Gerbert (?–1003), iii. 66
Gherardo of Cremona (1114–1187), iii. 66
Gibbon, ii. 53 n
Giese iv. 74
Gilbert (1540–1603), vii. 150
Gill, xiii. 280, 281
Glaisher, xiii. 289 n
Godin (1704–1760), x. 221
Goodricke (1764–1786), xii. 266
Grant, xiii. 289 n
Grassi, vi. 127
Gregory, James (1638–1675), ix. 168, 169; x. 202
Gregory XIII., ii. 22
Gyldén (1841–1896), xiii. 288
Hainzel, v. 99
Hale, xiii. 301
Halifax, John. See Sacrobosco
Halifax (Marquis of), ix. 191
Hall, xiii. 283 n, 295
Halley (1656–1742), viii. 156; ix. 176, 177, 192 n; x. 198, 199–205, 206, 216, 223, 224, 227; xi. 231, 233, 235, 243; xii. 265; xiii. 287, 290
Hansen (1795–1874), xiii. 282, 284, 286, 290
Harkness, xiii. 301
Harriot (1560–1621), vi. 118, 124
Harrison, x. 226
Harun al Rasid, iii. 56
Helmholtz (1821–1894), xiii. 319
Hencke (1793–1866), xiii. 294
Henderson (1798–1844), xiii. 279
Heraclitus (5th cent. B.C.), ii. 24
Herschel, Alexander, xii. 251
Herschel, Caroline (1750–1848), xii. 251, 254–256, 260
Herschel, John (1792–1871), i. 12; x. 221; xi. 242; xii. 256; xiii. 289 n, 306–308, 309, 316, 317, 319
Herschel, William (1738–1822), ix. 168;x. 223, 227; xi. 250; XII. passim; xiii. 272, 273, 294, 296, 306–311, 317, 318
Hesiod, ii. 19, 20
Hevel (1611–1687), viii. 153; x. 198; xii. 268
Hicetas (6th or 5th cent. B.C.), ii. 24; iv. 75
Hill, xi. 233 n; xiii. 286, 290
Hipparchus (2nd cent. B.C.), i. 13; ii. 25, 27, 31, 32, 37–44, 45, 47–52, 54; iii. 63, 68; iv. 73, 84; v. 111; vii. 145
Hippocrates, iii. 56
Holwarda (1618–1651), xii. 266
Hooke (1635–1703), ix. 174, 176; x. 207, 212
Horky, vi. 121
Horrocks (1617 ?–1641), viii. 156; ix. 183; x. 204
Howlett, xiii. 298
Huggins, xiii. 301, 304, 311–313
Hulagu Khan, iii. 62
Humboldt, xiii. 298
Hutton (1737–1823), x. 219
Huygens (1629–1695), v. 98 n; vi. 123; viii. 154, 155, 157, 158; ix. 170–172, 191
Hypatia (?–415), ii. 53
Ibn Yunos. See Yunos
Ishak ben Honein (?–910 or 911), iii. 56
James I., v. 102; vii. 147
James II., ix. 192
Janssen, xiii. 301, 307 n
Joachim. See Rheticus
Kaas, v. 106
Kant, xi. 250; xii. 258, 260; xiii. 287
Kapteyn, xiii. 280
Kelvin, xiii. 292
Kepler (1571–1630), ii. 23, 51 n, 54; iv. 91; v. 94, 100, 104, 108–110; vi. 113, 121, 130, 132; VII. passim; viii. 152, 156, 160; ix. 168–170, 172, 175, 176, 190, 194, 195; x. 202, 205, 220; xi. 228, 244; xiii. 294, 301, 309
Kirchhoff (1824–1887), xiii. 299, 300, 311
Kirkwood (1815–1895), xiii. 294, 297
Koppernigk, iv. 71
Korra, Tabit ben. See Tabit
Lacaille (1713–1762), x. 222–224, 225, 227; xi. 230, 233, 235; xii. 257, 259
La Condamine (1701–1774), x. 219, 221
Lagrange (1736–1813), ix. 193; xi. 229, 231 n, 233 n, 236, 237, 238–240, 242–245, 247, 248; xii. 251; xiii. 293, 294
Lalande (1732–1807), xi. 235, 241, 247 n; xii. 265
Lambert (1728–1777), xi. 243; xii. 265
Lami, ix. 180 n
Landgrave of Hesse. See William IV.
Langley, xiii. 307
Lansberg (1561–1632), viii. 156
Laplace (1749–1827), xi. 229, 231 n, 238–248,; xii. 251, 256; xiii. 272, 273, 282, 286–288, 290, 293, 297, 318–320
Lassell (1799–1880), xii. 267; xiii. 295
Lavoisier, xi. 237
Legendre (1752–1833), xiii. 275, 276
Leibniz, ix. 191, 193
Lemaire, xii. 255
Leverrier(1811–1877), xiii. 282, 284, 288, 289, 290, 293, 294
Lexell (1740–1784), xii. 253
Lindenau, xi. 247 n
Lionardo da Vinci. See Vinci
Lippersheim (?–1619), vi. 118
Locke, ix. 191
Lockyer, xiii. 301, 302
Loewy, xiii. 283 n
Louis XIV., viii. 160
Louis XVI., xi. 237
Luther, iv. 73; v. 93
Machin (?–1751), x. 214
Maclaurin (1698–1746), x. 196; xi. 230, 231; xii. 251
Maestlin, vii. 135
Maraldi, x. 220
Marius (1570–1624), vi. 118; vii. 145
Martianus Capella. See Capella
Maskelyne (1732–1811), x. 219; xii. 254, 265
Mason (1730–1787), x. 226; xi. 241
Matthias (the Emperor), vii. 143, 147
Maupertuis (1698–1759), x. 213, 221; xi. 229, 231
Maxwell (1831–1879), xiii. 297
Mayer, Tobias (1723–1762), x. 217, 225, 226; xi. 233, 241; xii. 265
Melanchthon, iv. 73, 74; v. 93
Messier (1730–1817), xii. 259, 260
Meton (460 B.C. ?–?), ii. 20
Michel Angelo, vi. 113
Michell, John (1724–1793), x. 219; xii. 263, 264
Michelson, xiii. 283
Molyneux (1689–1728), x. 207
Montanari (1632–1687), xii. 266
Müller. See Regiomontanus
Napier, v. 97 n
Napoleon I, xi. 238; xii. 256
Napoleon, Lucien, xi. 238 n
Nassir Eddin. See Eddin, Nassir
Newcomb, x. 227 n; xiii. 283, 286, 290
Newton (1643–1727), ii. 54; iv. 75; vi. 130, 133, 134; vii. 144, 150; viii. 152; IX. passim; x. 196–200, 211, 213, 215–217, 219, 221; xi. 228, 229, 231–235, 238, 249; xii. 257; xiii. 273, 299
Niccolini, vi. 132
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464), iv. 75
Nonius (1492–1577), iii. 69
Norwood (1590?–1675), viii. 159; ix. 173
Numa, ii. 21
Nunez. See Nonius
Nyrén, xiii. 283 n
Olbers (1758–1840), xiii. 294
Orange, Prince of, v. 107
Osiander, iv. 74; v. 93
Palisa, xiii. 294
Palitzsch (1723–1788), xi. 231
Pemberton, ix. 192
Philolaus (5th cent. B.C.), ii. 24; iv. 75
Piazzi (1746–1826), xiii. 294
Picard (1620–1682), viii. 155, 157, 159–161, 162; ix. 174; x. 196, 198, 221
Pickering, xiii. 314, 316
Plana (1781–1869), xiii. 286
Plato (428 B.C.?–347 B.C.?), ii. 24, 25, 26, 51; iv. 70
Plato of Tivoh (fl. 1116), iii. 66
Pliny (23 A.D.–79 A.D.), ii. 45
Plutarch, ii. 24; xiii. 301
Pogson (1829–1891), xiii. 316
Poincaré, xiii. 288
Poisson (1781–1840), xiii. 286, 293
Pontécoulant (1795–1874), xiii. 286
Pouillet (1791–1868), xiii. 307, 319
Pound, x. 206, 216
Prévost (1751–1839), xii. 265
Pritchard (1808–1893), xiii. 278 n, 279, 316
Ptolemy, Claudius (fl. 140 A.D.), ii. 25, 27, 32, 37, 46–52, 53, 54; iii. 55, 57, 59–63, 68; iv. 70, 76, 80, 83–87, 89, 91; v. 94, 105; vi. 121, 129, 134; vii. 145; viii. 161; ix. 194; x. 205; xi. 236
Ptolemy Philadelphus, ii. 31
Purbach (1423–1461), iii. 68; iv. 71
Pythagoras (6th cent. B.C.), i. 11, 14; ii. 23, 28, 47, 51, 54
Recorde (1510–1558), v. 95
Regiomontanus (1436–1476), iii. 68, 69; iv. 70, 71; v. 97, 110
Reimarus. See Bär
Reinhold (1511–1553), v. 93–96; vii. 139
Reymers. See Bär
Rheticus (1514–1576), iv. 73, 74; v. 93, 94, 96
Ricardo, ii. 47 n
Riccioli (1598–1671), viii. 153
Richer (?–1696), viii. 161; ix. 180, 187; x. 199, 221
Rigaud, x. 206 n
Roemer (1644–1710), viii. 162; x. 198, 210, 216, 220, 225; xiii. 283
Rosse (1800–1867), xiii. 310, 317
Rothmann (fl. 1580), v. 97, 98, 106
Rudolph II. (the Emperor), v. 106–108; vii. 138, 142, 143
Sabine (1788–1883), xiii. 298
Sacrobosco (?–1256?), iii. 67, 68
St. Pierre, x. 197
Savary (1797–1841), xiii. 309
Scheiner (1575–1650), vi. 124, 125; vii. 138; viii. 153; xii. 268
Schiaparelli, xiii. 297
Schomberg, iv. 73
Schoner, iv. 74
Schönfeld (1828–1891), xiii. 280
Schroeter (1745–1816), xii. 267, 271
Schwabe (1789–1875), xiii. 298
Secchi (1818–1878), xiii. 311, 312
See, xiii. 320
Seleucus (2nd cent. B.C.), ii. 24
Shakespeare, vi. 113
Sharp (1651–1742), x. 198
Slusius, ix. 169
Smith, xii. 251
Snell (1591–1626), viii. 159; ix. 173
Sosigenes (fl. 45 B.C.), ii. 21
South (1785–1867), xiii. 306
Struve, F. G. W. (1793–1864), xiii. 279, 309
Struve, O., xiii. 283 n
Svanberg (1771–1851), x. 221
Sylvester II. See Gerbert
Tabit ben Korra (836–901), iii. 56, 58, 68; iv. 84
Tamerlane, iii. 63
Tannery, ii. 36 n
Thales (640 B.C.?–546 B.C.?), ii. 23; iii. 55
Theon (fl. 365 A.D.), ii. 53
Theophrastus, ii. 24
Theophylactus, iv. 72
Thomson, T., x. 208 n
Timocharis (beginning of 3rd cent. B.C.). ii. 32, 42; iv. 84
Tycho Brahe. See Brahe
Ulugh Begh (1394–1449), iii. 63, 68; iv. 73
Urban VIII. (Barberini), vi. 125, 127, 131, 132
Ursus. See Bär
Varignon, ix. 180 n
Vinci, Lionardo da (1452–1519), iii. 69
Vogel, xiii. 313, 314
Voltaire, ii. 21; xi. 229
Wafa, Abul (939 or 940–998), iii. 60, 68 n; iv. 85; v. 111
Wallenstein, vii. 149
Walther (1430–1504), iii. 68; v. 97
Wargentin (1717–1783), x. 216
Watzelrode, iv. 71
Wefa. See Wafa
Welser, vi. 124
Whewell (1794–1866), xiii. 292
William IV. (Landgrave of Hesse) (1532–1592), v. 97, 98, 100, 105, 106, 110
Wilson (1714–1786), xii. 268; xiii. 298
Wolf, Max, xiii. 294
Wolf, Rudolf (1816–1893), xiii. 298
Wollaston (1766–1828), xiii. 299
Wren (1632–1723), ix. 174, 176
Wright, Thomas (1711–1786), xii. 258, 265
Young, xiii. 301
Yunos, Ibn (?–1008), iii. 60 62, 68 n