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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Tisserand
Britannica 11thTISSERAND, FRANCOIS FELIX (1845-1896), French astronomer, was born at Nuits-Saint-Georges, C6te-d'Or, on the i3th of January 1845. In 1863 he entered the ficole Normale Superieure, and on leaving he went for a month as professor at the lycee at Metz. Le Verrie ...
Vol. 26, pp. 1015-1015
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Britannica 11th... monde ( 1 829-46, Paris). An approximation to such an attempt is that of F. F. Tisserand in his Trattt de mecanique celeste (4 vols., Paris). This work contains a clear and excellent resume, of the methods which have been devised by the leading investigators ...
Vol. 2, pp. 800-818
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