Gulielmus Lassell

Gulielmus Lassell (Boltonii die 18 Iunii 1799 natus; mortuus ad Maidenhead die 5 Octobris 1880), a principio braxator Anglicus, fuit postea astronomus]. Telescopium duorum pedum (viginti quattuor unciarum), eo aevo maximum, ad suum usum perfecit. Die 10 Octobris 1846 lunam maximam Neptuni Tritonem invenit. Ariel et Umbriel, Urani satellites, ab eo anno 1851 inventi sunt.

Gulielmus Lassell

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Gulielmus Lassell: imago

Nativitas: 18 Iunii 1799; Boltonium
Obitus: 5 Octobris 1880; Maidenhead
Patria: Britanniarum Regnum, Britannia, Britanniarum Regnum

Officium

Munus: astronomus, physicus, mercator

Memoria

Laurae: Societatis Regalis Londiniensis socius, Royal medal, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Bibliographia

• "The Late Mr. Lassell" in Astronomical Register vol. 18 (1880) pp. 284–285
• "William Lassell" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 41 (1881) pp. 188–191
• J. F. W. Herschel, "An Address delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Society, February 9, 1849, on presenting the Honorary Medal to William Lassell" in Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 18 (1850) pp. 192-200
• Margaret Lindsay Huggins, "The late Mr. William Lassell, LL.D., F.R.S." in The Observatory vol. 3 no. 43 (1880) pp. 587–590
• Robert W. Smith, "William Lassell and the Discovery of Neptune" in Journal for the History of Astronomy vol. 14 (1983) pp. 30–32
• Robert W. Smith, Richard Baum, "William Lassell and the Ring of Neptune: a Case Study in Instrumental Failure" in Journal for the History of Astronomy vol. 15 (1984) pp. 1–17

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