...in 1892, and one from Paris on the tercentenary of Galileo's connection with the University in 1893. He was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1874 and in 1878 received the great gold Huyghens medal of the University of Leyden, which is given...

...applied mathematics have been written by Professor Rowland, of the Johns Hopkins University, and George William Hill, of the Nautical Almanac Office. Mr....published elsewhere, he was awarded the gold medal of the Koyal Astronomical Society, in 1887.* Among the writers for the American Journal is Prof. WW Johnson,...

...discoveries of meteoric showers and comets. In February 1898, at the anniversary meeting of the Fallows, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in recognition of his labours in various departments of the science, and particularly in that of meteoric...

...discoveries of meteoric showers and comets. In February 1898, at the anniversary meeting of the Fellows, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in recognition of his labours in various departments of the science, and particularly in that of meteoric...

...life of our system. Hofrath Schwabe, of Dessau, was the originator of this line of research, for which he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in the year 1857. Imbued with the idea of discovering an intra-Mercurial planet, this indefatigable observer,...

...applied mathematics have been written by Professor Rowland, of the Johns Hopkins University, and George William Hill, of the Nautical Almanac Office. Mr....done admirable work in mathematical astronomy. For bis researches on t'.r lunar theory, published in the American Journal, and for other astronomical...

...380 double stars, and confirming the elder Herschel's inferences regarding orbital motion. For this he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1826. In 1835 he removed his observatory to Passy, near Paris. Here he made a series of observations...

...observations occupied him ten years, and formed the foundation for his great catalogues of stars, for which he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1888. Auwers took a large share in the observations of the transit of Venus in 1874 and 1882, and visited...

...observations occupied him ten years, and formed the foundation for his great catalogues of stars, for which he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1888. Auwers took a large share in the observations of the transit of Venus in 1874 and 1882, and visited...

..." Side Lights on Astronomy." For his astronomical work prizes and premiums came to him many times. He was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1874, the Huygens medal of the Dutch Scientific Association in 1878, the Copley medal of the Royal...