The distance of stars in the 18th century: The scale of magnitude of John Michell

DOI10.1007/S004070000017zbMath0961.01011OpenAlexW2085026434MaRDI QIDQ1582474

Hélène Vignolles

Publication date: 17 May 2001

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004070000017

zbMATH Keywords

brightness of starsparallaxdistance of starsJohn MichellPierre Bouguer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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