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Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(1784-1846) Astronomer. First to successfully measure stellar parallax when he measured 61Cygni, founded a system of reduction, improved the use of the heliometer, and was director of the Observatory at Konigsberg.
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Entry for 'Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/bessel-friedrich-wilhelm.html. 1910.