Clairaut
Americannoun
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Clairaut, assisted by Lalande, found that Saturn would retard the comet 100 days, Jupiter 518 days, and predicted its return to perihelion on April 13th, 1759.
From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George
BACON.—A very fine ring-plain, 40 miles in diameter, S.W. of Clairaut.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
A comet, that of 1682, had returned at the epoch foretold by Clairaut, and very nearly in the region that mathematical analysis had indicated to him.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert
Condorcet, instructed by the Jesuits at Rheims, was able when he was only fifteen years old to go through such performances in analysis as to win especial applause from illustrious judges like D’Alembert and Clairaut.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet by Morley, John
I shall begin to be jealous of this little impertinent Mademoiselle Clairaut.
From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances
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