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Bayer, Johnann
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Bayer, Johnann ( b . Rain, Germany, 1572; d...Augsburg, Germany, 7 March 1625) astronomy. Bayer, a lawyer who was an amateur astronomer...honorarium of 150 gulden. On 13 December 1612, Bayer was appointed legal adviser to the city council...
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Bayer letters
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Bayer letters The system of identifying stars in a constellation by Greek letters according to their approximate order of brightness. They were introduced in 1603 by J. Bayer in his star atlas Uranometria .
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Bayer, Johann
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Bayer, Johann (1572–1625)Germanlawyer and astronomer. In his star...in each constellation, usually in order of brightness, and this system of Bayer letters has persisted. He also depicted twelve new southern constellations...
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Bayer, Herbert
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Bayer, Herbert (1900–85). Born at Haag, near Salzburg, he studied...year. He became a design consultant in Aspen, Co, in 1946. Bibliography Bayer (1938); Jervis (1984); E. Neumann (ed.) (1993); Widder (2001...
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Baeyer Adolf Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Franz Kugler, and her grandfather made Bayer ’ s first home on Friedrichstrasse...others for weekly evenings of conversation. Bayer ’ s mother was Jewish but had...Munich as successor to Justus von Liebig. Bayer ’ s contributions to science...
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Blind Melon
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...Blind Melon shot a video for the simple acoustic ballad "No Rain" with director Samuel Bayer, best known for his pioneering direction of videos by Nirvana. Bayer brought to life the cover image from the group's album: a photo of drummer Graham...
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Knorr, Georg Wolfgang
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Woodward, John Ray, John Morton, Tenzel, Buttner, Johann Bayer, Scheuchzer, Liebknecht, G. A. Volkmann, Christlob Mylius...fossils depicted by Knorr, as well as to Peter Collinson, F. Bayer ’ s “ Sublim. Oryctograph. ”...
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Uranometria
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...The first star atlas to cover the entire sky, published in 1603 by J. Bayer . Each constellation was depicted on a page of its own, with star positions...the system of labelling the brightest stars by Greek letters, known as Bayer letters .
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bay
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
bay3 opening between columns, etc. XIV; recess XVI. — (O)F. baie , f. bayer , earlier baer , beer gape, stand open. So bay window XV.
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Strauss, Johann II
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...1895); Die Götten der Vernunft (1897).BALLET: Cinderella (1899; completed as Aschenbrödel by J. Bayer, f.p. Berlin 1901, f. Eng. p. Manchester 1979).WALTZES: Abschied von St Petersburg , Op.210; Accelerationen...
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