Bessel

[ bes-uhl ]

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Frie·drich Wil·helm [free, -drik , wil, -helm, free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm], 1784–1846, German astronomer.

Bessel

/ ˈbɛsəl /

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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