Franz Xaver von Zach
Franz Xaver von Zach | |
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| Born | 4 June 1754 |
| Died | 2 September 1832 (aged 78) Paris |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
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| Fields | astronomy |
Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest in Hungary).
Biography
Zach studied physics at the
Zach published Tables of the Sun (Gotha, 1792; new and improved edition, Gotha, 1804), and numerous papers on geographical subjects, particularly on the geographical positions of many towns and places, which he determined on his travels with a sextant.[2]
His principal importance was, however, as editor of three scientific journals of great value: Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden (4 vols., Gotha, 1798–1799), Monatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der Erd- und Himmels-Kunde (28 vols., Gotha, 1800–1813, from 1807 edited by
He was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1794, a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1798,[3] a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804, and an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1832.
In 1808, von Zach was in
Asteroid 999 Zachia and the crater Zach on the Moon are named after him, while asteroid 64 Angelina is named after an astronomical station he set up near Marseille.
Works
- Tables abrégées et portatives du soleil (in French). Pisa: Molini & Landi & C. 1809.
- Mémoire sur le degré du méridien mesuré en Piemont par le père Beccaria (in French). 1810.
- Attraction des montagnes, et ses effets sur les fils a plomb ou sur les niveaux des instrumens d'astronomie (in French). Avignon: François Seguin (2.). 1814.
References
- ^ "5 відомих імен львівської Астрономічної обсерваторії - leopolis.one". 8 November 2022.
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Zach, Franz Xaver, Baron von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 949.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- OCLC 893847466.
Further reading
- Brosche, P. (2009): Der Astronom der Herzogin, 2nd ed. Acta Historica Astronomiae Vol. 12. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Harri Deutsch . ISBN 978-3-944913-06-3.
- Cunningham, C. (ed.) (2004): The Collected Correspondence of Baron Franz von Zach. Vol. 1: Letters Between Zach and Jan Sniadecki 1800–1803. Surfside, Fla. (PO Box 547232, Surfside, FL 33154): Star Lab Press. ISBN 0-9708162-4-3.
- Cunningham, C. (ed.) (2006): The Collected Correspondence of Baron Franz von Zach. Vol. 2: Letters Between Zach and Lajos Schedius. Surfside, Fla. (PO Box 547232, Surfside, FL 33154): Star Lab Press. ISBN 0-9708162-7-8.
- Gosteli, L; Boschung, U; Brosche, P (September 1998). "Franz Xaver von Zachs Briefe an Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli 1821-1832" [Astronomer, world citizen, bladder calculus patient. Franz Xaver von Zach's letters to Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli 1821–1832]. Gesnerus. Supplement. 45 (1): 1–382. PMID 9847463.
- Correspondence between von Zach and Lalande at L'Observatoire de Paris
- Szabados, Laszlo: "Zach, Janos Ferenc" in Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, edited by Thomas Hockney, Springer 2007.
- Vargha, M., 2005: Franz Xaver von Zach (1754–1832): His Life and Times. Konkoly Obs. Monographs No. 5, Budapest.
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