61. Historical Manuscripts Commission | National Register Of Archives | List Of Pers 18191886) Topographer and Botanist (5) Newbury, Colin (b 1929) United Nations Official(1) Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909) Mathematician and Astronomer (1) Newcombe http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/browser/person/page/personNE.htm

NA NE NI NO ... NY List of Persons with surname beginning NE Neagu, Paul (b1938) Sculptor Neal, Harold (1897-1972) Labour MP Neale, Edward St John (d 1866) Diplomat Neale, Edward Vansittart (1810-1892) Christian Socialist and Co Operator ... Neill, Robert (1905-1979) Novelist Neill, Stephen Charles (1900-1984) Assistant Bishop of Oxford and theologian ( Neill, William Wilson (b 1922) Poet Neilson, David (b 1953) Lecturer Cartoonist Neilson, Francis (1867-1961) Author MP Neilson, George (1858-1923) Historian and Antiquary ... Neylan, Sir Daniel (1866-1943) Knight Civil Servant Persons listed: back Search the NRA Browse Personal Names A B ... Archives in Focus Design by Reading Room Ltd Technology by Sherwood Government

62. Lunar Republic : Craters N 76. Georg Balthasar von ~ (18261909), German meteorologist and hydrographer. Newcomb.29.9N. 43.8E. 41. Simon ~ (1835-1909), Canadian-American astronomer. Newton. http://www.lunarrepublic.com/gazetteer/crater_n.shtml

Craters (N) Craters A B C D ... Return To Gazetteer Index Feature Name Lat Long Diam Origin Nagaoka Hantaro ~ (1865-1940), Japanese physicist. Nansen Fridtjof ~ (1861-1930), Norwegian explorer, scientist and humanitarian; delegate to the League Of Nations. Awarded the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize. Naonobu Ajima ~ (c. 1732-1798), Japanese mathematician. Nasireddin Nasir-Al-Din, Mohammed Ibn Hassan, or ~ (1201-1274), Persian astronomer. Nasmyth James ~ (1808-1890), Scottish engineer and astronomer. Nassau Jason J. ~ (1892-1965), American astronomer. Natasha Russian female name. Naumann Karl Friedrich ~ (1797-1873), German geologist. Neander Michael Neumann- ~ (1529-1581), German mathematician. Nearch ~ (?-fl. 325 B.C.), Greek explorer. Necho ~ (610-593 B.C.), Egyptian geographer. Neison Edmund Neville ~ (1849-1940), British chemist, astronomer and selenographer. Neper John ~ (1550-1617), Scottish mathematician. Nernst Walther Hermann ~ (1864-1941), German physical chemist; awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in chemistry "in recognition of his work in thermochemistry." Neujmin Grigoriy N. ~ (1885-1946), Soviet astronomer; discovered the comet 42P/Neujmin 3 (1929); co-discoverer of comets 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte and 58P/Jackson-Neujmin.

63. S S. S. Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb,18351909; astronomer, superintendent of NauticalAlmanac issued by Navy Department, professor at Johns Hopkins University. http://www.jhu.edu/~rotc/SS Johns Hopkins.htm

S.S. Johns Hopkins Liberty Ship By Matthew J. Andrade Go to JHU Home Page When people mention the name Johns Hopkins, it often refers to the prestigious university and world-renowned hospital created from a gift by the noted philanthropist, Johns Hopkins. His gift of $7 million for the establishment of these institutions is equivalent to $800 million in today’s money and was, at the time, the single largest gift ever given to a university by a single man. Johns Hopkins was the largest shareholder in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and wanted an institution and a hospital set up to be the world’s leader in research and in healthcare. What many people do not realize is that the name Johns Hopkins also refers to the S.S. Johns Hopkins , a Liberty ship built and used during World War II to carry supplies from the United States to Britain to support the war effort. “Among America’s contributions to the Allied Cause, her industry’s production of cargo ships, and indeed of warships, might stand high upon the list.” S.S. Johns Hopkins during World War II

64. Skeptic News - Archives - 1999 Week 12 Your Today In History for March 12 surprisingly did not mention thebirthday of Simon Newcomb (18351909). Newcomb was a prominent http://www.skepticnews.com/archives/1999/week12.shtml

Skeptic News Skeptic Planet Skeptic News Recent Comments Submit Story HELP! About ... Early Archives Related Sites Skeptic News Skeptic Planet Skeptic Ring Join Skeptic News Announcements, an extremely low-volume mailing list. Online since July 26, 1998 Archives 1999 Week 12 View the 1999 Week 11 Archive Friday, March 19 Today in History The first recorded lunar eclipse ocurred in Babylon on this day in 721 B.C. Jim Bakker resigned as leader of the PTL on this day in 1987, following revelations of an affair with Jessica Hahn. Book Review Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore Joe Littrell submitted this one, found on the L.A. Times site. If someone asks me what he should read as an introduction to folklore," quipped folklorist Leopold Schmidt, "then I say to him: 'Read Homer and the Old Testament!' " The same provocative idea and the same tinge of irreverence can be found in "Holy Writ as Oral Lit," a brief but illuminating excursus into the Bible as anthropology by UC Berkeley professor Alan Dundes. Just based on the review, it sounds like a very interesting book. I'd rush right out and buy it if I didn't already have a stack of unread books vying for my attention. But what the heck, I might end up buying it anyway. Thanks for the news, Joe!

65. Statisticians NELDER, John Ashworth 1924. NEUMANN, Caspar 1648-1715. Newcomb, Simon 1835-1909.NEMCHINOV, Vasilii Sergeevich 1894-1964. NEYMAN, Jerzy (Splawa-) 1894-1981. http://www.wvsc.edu/~lewis/projects/statisticians.htm

In a effort to learn more about how statistics plays a role in other disciplines. You will play a part in teaching other students about contributions made by a specific person in the discipline and how their work contributes to the body of knowledge. For this project select one of the following statisticians to research their contribution to the field of statistics and other disciplines. Complete your research as a web page and post it to your West Virginia State College web page account. For instructions on using your West Virginia State College web account please refer to the help page at computer services. You may also want to take a look at an example procedure for using telnet and file transfer protocol. Be sure to send Professor Lewis a reference link to you page via email so that he can coordinate the student pages. I prefer that you select one of the more famous statisticians that have made substantial contributions to your selected discipline. A B C D ... HUDDE, Jan 1628 or 1629-1769 HURST, Harold Edwin

66. Ivars Peterson's MathTrek - Prime Listening The earliest known report of this curious firstdigit phenomenon was madeby the astronomer and mathematician Simon Newcomb (1835-1909). http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_6_29_98.html

Ivars Peterson's MathTrek June 29, 1998 First Digits Take a look at a newspaper page listing stock market prices. You might think that each of the numbers from 1 to 9 would occur equally often among the first digits of all the listed prices. Instead, however, you're very likely to find that numbers starting with 1 come up more often than numbers starting with 2, numbers starting with 2 come up more often than numbers starting with 3, and so on. In fact, 1 comes up about 30 percent of the timemuch greater than the expected 11 percent. At the other end, the digit 9 occurs only about 5 percent of the time. The earliest known report of this curious first-digit phenomenon was made by the astronomer and mathematician Simon Newcomb (1835-1909). He observed that the pages of heavily used books of logarithms were grimier at the beginning than at the end, suggesting that fellow scientists tended to look up smaller numbers more often than larger ones. In 1881 in a brief article in the American Journal of Mathematics , Newcomb conjectured that the occurrence of first digits follows a particular probability distribution.

67. National Park Service: Astronomy And Astrophysics NHL Theme Study The Old Naval Observatory is also associated with the work of Simon Newcomb (18351909),Canadian-born American astronomer, who was one of the foremost of all http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky5/astro6.htm

Cover Page MENU Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Summary ... Other Sites Existing National Historic Landmarks Glossary Astronomy and Astrophysics Existing National Historic Landmarks EXISTING NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS FOR ASTRONOMY The 1987 edition of History and Prehistory in the National Park System and the National Historic Landmarks Program lists only two sites as National Historic Landmarks because of their significance in the history of astronomythe Edwin P. Hubble House and the Lowell Observatory. ARIZONA Lowell Observatory 1 mile west of Flagstaff, Arizona Astronomical research here has contributed greatly to the knowledge of the universe. First evidence of expansion of the universe was obtained at Lowell in 1912. In 1930 astronomer Clyde Tombaugh used a special wide-angle 13-inch astrographic telescope to discover the planet Pluto. NHL designated December 21, 1965. CALIFORNIA Hubble (Edwin) House 1340 Woodstock Road San Marino, Los Angeles County California Home of one of America's greatest 20th century astronomers who, among other accomplishments, discovered extragalactic nebulae and their recession from each other. NHL designated December 8, 1976. EXISTING NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS IN OTHER THEMES The National Historic Landmarks listed below were all identified as significant in other themes. These sites should also be listed for astronomy in addition to their primary themes.

68. Wolbach Library: Slidesets: Astronomers Of The Past 18961950); Slide 39 Rudolph Minkowski (1895-1976); Slide 40 MariaMitchell (1818-1889); Slide 41 Simon Newcomb (1835-1909); Slide 42 http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/library/slidesets/astronomers.html

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics John G. Wolbach Library and Information Resource Center Home Information Services Electronic Resources Announcements Home Electronic Resources Catalogs ... Slidesets > Astronomers of the Past Astronomers of the Past Slide 1: John Couch Adams (1819-1892) Slide 2: Walter S. Adams (1876-1956) Slide 3: Walter Baade (1893-1960) Slide 4: Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923) Slide 5: Ira S. Bowen (1898-1973) Slide 6: Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Slide 7: William Wallace Campbell (1862-1938) Slide 8: Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) Slide 9: Alvan Clark (1804-1887) Slide 10: Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) Slide 11: Heber D. Curtis (1872-1942) Slide 12: Willem DeSitter (1872-1935) Slide 13: Henry Draper (1837-1882) Slide 14: Arthur S. Eddington (1882-1944) Slide 15: Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Slide 16: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Slide 17: George Ellery Hale (1868-1938) Slide 18: Asaph Hall (1829-1907) Slide 19: John F.W. Herschel (1792-1871) Slide 20: William Herschel (1738-1822) Slide 21: Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873-1967) Slide 22: Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953)

69. Index Stories, Listed By Author, Part 9 JANE; NEWBROUGH, CELESTE; Newcomb, Simon (18351909); NEWHALL, MURIEL(1904?-1981?); see pseudonym Mona Farnsworth; NEWMAN, LOUIS; NEWMAN http://contento.best.vwh.net/q9.html

Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections: Combined Edition Index: Stories, Listed by Author, Part 9 Previous Table-of-Contents MORGAN, CHRIS MORGAN, CYNTHIA ... MORPHETT, TONY ; [i.e., Anthony David Morphett] (1938- ) MORRELL, DAVID (Bernard) MORRESSY, JOHN MORRILL, ROWENA MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR ... MORRIS, RALPH ; pseudonym MORRIS, SCOT MORRIS, SUSAN MORRIS, VIC MORRIS, WILLIAM ... MORRISON, WILLIAM ; pseudonym of Joseph Samachson MORRISS, MACK MORROW, GRAY ; [i.e., Dwight Graydon Morrow] (1934- ) MORROW, W(illiam) C(hambers) MORTLOCK, BILL ; pseudonym MORTON, ELIZABETH MOSIG, DIRK W(alter) MOSKOWITZ, SAM(uel Martin) MOSKOWITZ, SAM(uel Martin) : "Psycho"-logical Bloch MOUDY, WALTER F(rank) MOURAVEC, HANS P. MOWSHOWITZ, ABBE MOZHEIKO, IGOR VASEVELODOVICH ; see pseudonym Kirill Bulychev MROZEK, SLAWOMIR MUDDERSNOOK, BLYDE ; pseudonym MUDFORD, WILLIAM MUDGETT, HERMAN W. ; pseudonym of William A. P. White MUIR, EDWIN MULHOLLAND, ROSA MULISCH, HARRY ... MUNOZ, CHARLES C. (1926- ); see pseudonym T. P. Caravan MUNRO, H(ector) H(ugh) (1870-1916); see pseudonym Saki MUNRO, JOHN

70. The Rutgers University Libraries Wynkoop Family Holdings. Kirkbride, Joseph, b. 1761. Lapsley, John W. Nevius family. Newcomb, Simon,18351909. Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813. Prentiss, Robert Woodworth. http://members.tripod.com/~wynkoop/webdocs/rutgers.htm

Get Five DVDs for $.49 each. Join now. Tell me when this page is updated The Rutgers University Libraries. The Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, New Jersey Wynkoop Family Holdings Title: New Jersey correspondence, 1773-1954. Description: 39 items and 1 envelope. Notes: Chiefly letters received or written by New Jersey residents. Persons, places, and dates represented include Elias Boudinot, Elisha Boudinot (1790-1803), Mahlon Dickerson, Lena Drinkhouse (Hackettstown, 1912-1914), William Halsted (Washington, D.C., 1838), Harold G. Hoffman (1932-1954), William Churchill Houston (Hunterdon County, 1785), Joyce Kilmer (1916), Joseph Kirkbride (Suckasunny Plains, 1812-1813), J.W. Lapsley (1847), Nevius family (1773), Simon Newcomb (1902), Samuel Osgood (1748-1813) (New York, 1786), Robert Woodworth Prentiss, John Vredenburgh Voorhees, Mrs. Keziah L. Welsh (Frenchtown, 1859-1879), Samuel Ross Winans (professor, Princeton University, 1904-1905), Peter Wyckoff (Morristown and Crosswicks, 1779), and S. R. Wynkoop (agent for Maryland Colonization Society, 1836).

71. The Harvard Classics Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 18241907. Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909.Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924. Contents The forces of matter. http://www.virtualclassics.com/HARVARD_CLASSICS.htm

Virtual Classics Author Index Fiction ... Virtual Classics Bookstores Virtual Classics The Harvard Classics The Parthenon Search Virtual Classics for: Vol. 1: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; The journal of John Woolman; Fruits of solitude. by: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Additional Authors: Woolman, John, 1720-1772. Penn, William, 1644-1718. Vol. 2: The apology, Phaedo, and Crito of Plato, by Plato Additional Authors: Epictetus. Golden sayings. Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180. Meditations. Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893, tr. Crossley, Hastings. Long, George, 1800-1879, tr. Vol. 3: Essays, civil and moral and The new Atlantis, by Francis Bacon; Areopagitica and Tractate on education, by John Milton; Religio medici, by Sir Thomas Browne, with introductions, notes and illustrations. by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Additional Authors: Milton, John, 1608-1674. Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682. Vol. 4: The complete poems of John Milton, written in English; with introduction, notes and illustrations. by Milton, John, 1608-1674.

72. ŸŸKUMANODAI Class Presents...ŸŸ Dr. McGee was a daughter of Dr. Simon Newcomb (18351909), American pioneer astronomerand Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army and assigned to duty In http://www.dokidoki.ne.jp/home1/cyberfair/cf99_file/russians_mcgee.html

Dogo Hot Spring Hisotry Russians in Matsuyama Other Interesting Places Our Team Back to Top Prisoners of War ... What They Left For Us Dr.McGee's Visits Dr.McGee Visited Matsuyama Dr. McGee was a daughter of Dr. Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), American pioneer astronomer and Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army and assigned to duty "In Charge of the Army Nurse Corps." In the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), Dr. McGee was the only person in America whose offer of personal assistance was accepted by the Japanese Government and Red Cross Society. As President of the society of the Red Cross of Philadelphia, she took a party of trained nurses to Japan for a period of six months of work in the Army Hospitals here in Japan, the entire party coming without compensation. They were welcomed as guests of the Japanese nation and assigned to posts of honor as nurses in the most important hospitals of the army and on the finest hospital ships. She served in Hiroshima for months, and visited Russian POWs in Matsuyama for 2 days in April, 1904. In appreciation of their services, each nurse received decorations, and His Majesty, the Emperor, bestowed on Dr. McGee the Order of the Sacred Crown, a very rare honor, and she received also the "special" decoration of the Red Cross Society.

73. U. Of Western Ontario /All Locations Author, Newcomb, Simon, 18351909. Title, The problem of economic education microform/ by Simon Newcomb. Publisher, Boston? sn, 1893 (Boston GH Ellis). http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca:5701/search/cF1003.C5 no.24917/cf 1003 c5 no24917/-5,-

AUTHOR TITLE SUBJECT MEDICAL SUBJECT WORD KEYWORD CALL NO Brescia University College Library Business Library Education Library Huron University College Library Music Library Law Library The D. B. Weldon Library Information and Media Studies Int'l Centre for Olympic Studies Electronic Resources Journals View Entire Collection Author Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909. Title The problem of economic education [microform] / by Simon Newcomb. Publisher [Boston? : s.n.], 1893 (Boston : G.H. Ellis) LOCATION CALL # STATUS DBW microfiche NO LOAN F1003.C5 no.24921 IN LIBRARY Description 1 microfiche (17 fr.). Series Note Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1983. Subject Economics Study and teaching. Added ti Quarterly journal of economics. ISBN 0665249217 (Positive copy) Nat.bib. #

74. U. Of Western Ontario /All Locations Author, Newcomb, Simon, 18351909. Title, Remarks upon Mr. Stone's proposed correctionsto the measure of time since 1864 microform / by Simon Newcomb. http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca:5701/search/cF1003.C5 no.24917/cf 1003 c5 no24917/-5,-

AUTHOR TITLE SUBJECT MEDICAL SUBJECT WORD KEYWORD CALL NO Brescia University College Library Business Library Education Library Huron University College Library Music Library Law Library The D. B. Weldon Library Information and Media Studies Int'l Centre for Olympic Studies Electronic Resources Journals View Entire Collection Author Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909. Title Remarks upon Mr. Stone's proposed corrections to the measure of time since 1864 [microform] / by Simon Newcomb. Publisher [London? : s.n., 1894?] (London : Spottiswoode) LOCATION CALL # STATUS DBW microfiche NO LOAN F1003.C5 no.24922 IN LIBRARY Description 1 microfiche (6 fr.). Series Note Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1983. Subject Time measurements. Added ti Monthly notices. ISBN 0665249225 (Positive copy) Nat.bib. #

75. N Translate this page NELDER, John Ashworth 1924-. Newcomb, Simon 1835-1909. NEYMAN, Jerzy (Splawa-)1894-1981. NIVEL DE CONFIANZA. NIVEL DE SIGNIFICACIÓN. NÚMEROS ÍNDICES. http://www.uv.es/~econinfo/hipe/intro/alfabe/n.htm

NELDER, John Ashworth 1924- NEWCOMB, Simon 1835-1909 NEYMAN, Jerzy (Splawa-) 1894-1981 NIVEL DE CONFIANZA NELDER, John Ashworth 1924- NEWCOMB, Simon 1835-1909 NEYMAN, Jerzy (Splawa-) 1894-1981 NIVEL DE CONFIANZA ... NUMÉROS ÍNDICES DE PRECIOS

76. Michelson's 1879 Determinations Of The Speed Of Light In April 1878, he initiated contact with Professor Simon Newcomb (18351909) ofthe US Navy (49 page 38) who was then superintendent of the navy's Nautical http://www.stats.uwaterloo.ca/~rwoldfor/papers/sci-method/paperrev/node6.html

Next: Optical theory. Up: No Title Previous: Terrestrial determinations. Michelson's 1879 determinations of the speed of light In November of 1877 Albert Abraham Michelson (1852-1931), then a twenty-four year old ensign in the US Navy and an instructor in physics at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, hit upon the means to improve Foucault's rotating mirror approach. Even then, he needed to conduct many preliminary studies before being confident of an improved value for the speed of light. In his own words ([ ] page 115) ``Between this time and March of the following year a number of preliminary experiments were performed in order to familiarize myself with the optical arrangements. Thus far the only apparatus used was such as could be adapted from the apparatus in the laboratory of the Naval Academy.'' In April 1878, he initiated contact with Professor Simon Newcomb (1835-1909) of the US Navy ([ ] page 38) who was then superintendent of the navy's Nautical Almanac and renown in the navy and the scientific community as an astronomer. Michelson discussed his work and methods with Newcomb. At this point however, Michelson was still an unknown who would not be funded by the US Navy for such specialized research. Fortunately, having married Margaret McLean Heminway in the spring of 1877, he could turn to a wealthy father-in-law for financial support. His father-in-law had become deeply interested in Michelson's preliminary results and in July of 1878 provided him the $2000 necessary to purchase the fine optical instruments to carry out his measurements. So began a lifelong quest to determine the speed of light.

77. Newcomb Simon Newcomb. Orbits and gravitation. Honours awarded to Simon Newcomb (Clicka link below for the full list of mathematicians honoured in this way). http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newcomb.html

Simon Newcomb Born: 12 March 1835 in Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada Died: 11 July 1909 in Washington, D.C., USA Click the picture above to see two larger pictures Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Simon Newcomb had no formal education but, in about 1854 after he joined his father who had moved to Maryland USA, he began to study mathematics in the libraries at Washington. He obtained a job (1857) in the American Nautical Almanac Office (in Cambridge, Mass. at that time). He studied at Harvard graduating in 1858. In 1861 Newcomb was appointed to the Naval Observatory at Washington. He spent the next10 years determining the positions of celestial objects using various telescopes including a 26-inch refractor telescope which had just been built. In 1877 Newcomb became director of the American Nautical Almanac Office (by this time in Washington). He then started his most important work which, in his own words, gave ... a systematic determination of the constants of astronomy from the best existing data, a reinvestigation of the theories of the celestial motions, and the preparation of tables, formulae, and precepts for the construction of ephemerides, and for other applications of the same results. The reason he undertook this work was because of the ... confusion which pervaded the whole system of exact astronomy, arising from the diversity of the fundamental data made use of by the astronomers of foreign countries and various institutions in their work.

78. Quotation By Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb (1835 1909). Ten decimal places of are sufficient to give the circumference of the earth to a fraction http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Quotations2/312.html

Simon Newcomb Ten decimal places of are sufficient to give the circumference of the earth to a fraction of an inch, and thirty decimal places would give the circumference of the visible universe to a quantity imperceptible to the most powerful microscope. Quoted in D MacHale, Comic Sections (Dublin 1993)

79. Newcomb, Simon Newcomb, Simon , 1835–1909, American astronomer, b. Nova Scotia,grad. Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, 1858. Living in the http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0835394.html

The # 1 wireless color security cam! Ultimate home movie ! Genuine Indian and Asian astrology reports and consultations by reputed Vedic Astrologers. Step-by-step guide to finding money for a growing business All Infoplease All Almanacs General Entertainment Sports Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Infoplease Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... Fact Monster Kids' reference Info:Daily Fun facts Homework Center Newsletter You've got info! Help Site Map Visit related sites from: Family Education Network Encyclopedia Newcomb, Simon [n OO u m, ny OO Pronunciation Key Newcomb, Simon , American astronomer, b. Nova Scotia, grad. Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, 1858. Living in the United States from 1853, he was appointed (1857) a computer on the American Nautical Almanac American Journal of Mathematics. Newcomb participated in several eclipse expeditions and in 1882 went to the Cape of Good Hope to observe the transit of Venus. The record of many of his researches was published in the Astronomical Papers of the American Ephemeris, a series that he established in 1879. His investigations and computations of the orbits of six planets resulted in his tables of the planetary system, which were almost universally adopted by the observatories of the world. Newcomb urged the use of a common system of constants and fundamental stars by astronomers of all nations. A subject to which he devoted many years of study was the theory of the moon's motion. From the formulas he established it was possible to construct accurate lunar tables. His writings include a valuable early paper

80. Newcomb, Simon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 2001. Newcomb, Simon. (n ´k m, ny ´–) (KEY) , 1835–1909, American astronomer,b. Nova Scotia, grad. Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, 1858. http://www.bartleby.com/65/ne/Newcomb.html

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