GALLE, JOHANN GOTTFRIED

yōˈhän gôtˈfrēt gäˈlə, 1812–1910, German astronomer. He is noted for his discovery of the planet Neptune, Sept. 23, 1846, by following the guidance of calculations by Leverrier. Galle was then a member of the staff of the Berlin Observatory and had discovered three comets. In 1851 he became professor of astronomy at Breslau and director of the observatory there. His particular field of research was meteorology.

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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...large Earth-based telescopes. Galle, Johann Gottfried 1812-1910 German astronomer...by U. J. J. * Le Verrier. Galle observed Saturns faint crepe ring...between comets and meteor showers. Galle Ring The diffuse innermost ring...
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Yankee Science in the Making
Book by Dirk J. Struik; Little, Brown and Company, 1948
Subjects: Science--United States--History
...1642 , 3 , 66 Gallatin, Albert 1761-1849 , 153 Galle, Johann Gottfried 1812-1910 , 332 Gandhi, Mohandas 1869-1948...341 Glacial theory, 276 - 277 , 280 - 281 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang 1749-1832 , 276 Goodyear, Charles 1800...
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The Cambridge Modern History - Vol. 13
Book by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes; Cambridge University Press, 1911
Subjects: History, Modern
...the Colloquy of Poissy, II 302 , 592 Gallas, Count Johann Wenzel von, Imperial envoy in London, v 432 sq...571 Gallatin, Albert, American statesman, VII 690 Galle, Johann Gottfried, German astronomer, xn 768 Peter, Swedish divine...
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Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries: All the Milestones in Ingenuity--From the Discovery of Fire to the Invention of the Microwave Oven
Book by Rodney Carlisle; Wiley, 2004
Subjects: Inventions--History--Encyclopedias, Inventions--United States--Encyclopedias, Technological Innovations--Encyclopedias, Technology--History--Encyclopedias
...134 Frigidaire, 291 Fritts, Charles, 367 Froben, Johann, 121 Frolich, Theodor, 393 Frost, J. C., 426...207 telescope, 212 , 213 thermometer and, 214 Galle, Johann Gottfried, 279 281 galleon, 134
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Scientific Development and Misconceptions through the Ages: A Reference Guide
Book by Robert E. Krebs; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Errors, Scientific--History, Science--History
...Elsie, 101 l Fraunhofer, Josef von, 197 Froben,Johann, 42 Fumento, Michael, 258 Galen, Claudius, 22...78, 180, 183, 185, 18G, 188, 191, 197, 199 Galle, Johann Gottfried, 191 1 Galvani, Luigi, 141 1 Gama, Vasco da...
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The Rise and Fall of Planet X
Magazine article by Neil Degrasse Tyson; Natural History, Vol. 112, June 2003
Subjects: Astronomers, Gravity, History, Planets
...September 23, 1846, he communicated his prediction to Johann Gottfried Galle, who was then assistant director of the Berlin Observatory. Searching the sky that very night, Galle found the new planet, soon to be named Neptune, within...


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Today in History
Newspaper article; The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), September 23, 2011
...Spain signs treaty with Britain to end slave trade. 1846 - The planet Neptune is discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. 1893 - Australias first completely electric tramway begins its service in Hobart. 1939 - Death of Sigmund Freud...
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Today in History
Newspaper article; The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), September 23, 2009
...signs treaty with Britain to end slave trade. * 1846 - The planet Neptune is discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. * 1893 - Australias first completely electric tramway begins its service in Hobart. * 1914 - Dusseldorf is...


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Galle, Johann Gottfried
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GALLE, JOHANN GOTTFRIED yo han got fret ga l , 1812 1910, German astronomer. He is noted...23, 1846, by following the guidance of calculations by Leverrier . Galle was then a member of the staff of the Berlin Observatory and had discovered...


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