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Bessel
[ bes-uhl ]
noun
- Frie·drich Wil·helm [free, -drik , wil, -helm, free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm], 1784–1846, German astronomer.
Bessel
/ ˈbɛsəl /
noun
- BesselFriedrich Wilhelm17841846MGermanSCIENCE: astronomerSCIENCE: mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1784–1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He made the first authenticated measurement of a star's distance (1841) and systematized a series of mathematical functions used in physics
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Will you allow me to have your arrangements published, and if so, should I apply to Jurgenson or Bessel?
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But the police authorities had not laid Mr. Bessel by the heels.
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At first Mr. Bessel's mental state was an unemotional wonder.
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But scarcely had he mentioned the name of Bessel when Doctor Paget interrupted him.
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The morning papers had no news of Mr. Bessel's aberration—it had come too late for them.
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