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9 de jun. de 2024 · Regarding color, I’m in agreement with Jim Nanson’s recollection about the stars being orange and pale green—an observation close to that of British Admiral and astronomer William Henry Smyth who said the stars were “pale orange” and “sea green.”
13 de jun. de 2024 · Charles Piazzi Smyth was born on January 3, 1819, in Naples to British parents William Henry Smyth and Eliza Annarella Smyth, née Warrington. His Italian middle name was directly inspired by his godfather, the astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, a family friend who his father met while posted in Palermo with the Navy.
15 de jun. de 2024 · Baden-Powell was a son of Baden Powell, Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford and Church of England priest, and his third wife, Henrietta Grace Smyth, eldest daughter of Admiral William Henry Smyth.
7 de jun. de 2024 · One of the great, old and documented collections of ancient coins is the Duke of Northumberland Collection. This collection was expertly catalogued by Admiral William Smyth in his 1856 book, "Descriptive Catalogue of A Cabinet of Roman Family Coins Belonging to His Grace the Duke of Northumberland."
6 de jun. de 2024 · In 1836, astronomer William Henry Smyth penned this description of M 39: A loose cluster, or rather splashy galaxy field of stars, in a very rich vicinity between the Swan‘s tail and the Lizard [constellation Lacerta], due south of Beta Cephei, and east-north-east of Deneb.
Hace 2 días · The Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science is made up of about 500 Australian scientists. Scientists judged by their peers to have made an exceptional contribution to knowledge in their field may be elected to Fellowship of the Academy. Fellows are often denoted using the post-nominal FAA (Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science).
Hace 3 días · Smyth left the itinerancy in 1784 and in 1786 his brother William built the Bethesda Chapel on Granby Row to give him a settled base in Dublin. Though never under Methodist control, it was at first regarded in the city as both Methodist and Church of Ireland (Anglican).
