James Bradley (1693-1762) was an English cosmologist and cleric who filled in as Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is most popular for two crucial disclosures in stargazing, the deviation of light (1725-1728), and the nutation of the Earth's hub (1728-1748). These disclosures were designated "the most splendid and helpful of the century" by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, antiquarian of stargazing, numerical space expert and overseer of the Paris Observatory, in his set of experiences of cosmology in the eighteenth century ...
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James Bradley (1693-1762) was an English cosmologist and cleric who filled in as Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is most popular for two crucial disclosures in stargazing, the deviation of light (1725-1728), and the nutation of the Earth's hub (1728-1748). These disclosures were designated "the most splendid and helpful of the century" by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, antiquarian of stargazing, numerical space expert and overseer of the Paris Observatory, in his set of experiences of cosmology in the eighteenth century (1821), in light of the fact that "It is to these two revelations by Bradley that we owe the precision of current cosmology. ... This twofold help guarantees to their pioneer the most recognized spot (after Hipparchus and Kepler) over the best cosmologists, everything being equal, and all nations.
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