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James Challis

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James Challis FRS was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy and the director of the Cambridge Observatory, he investigated a wide range of physical phenomena though made few lasting contributions outside astronomy. He is best remembered for his missed opportunity to discover the planet Neptune in 1846.

Books

The counting and the interpretation of the Apocalyptic 'number of the beast'.
The counting and the interpretation of the Apocalyptic 'number of the beast'.
James Challis
British Association for the Advancement of Science, James Challis, Thomas Romney ROBINSON, Francis BAILY, Richard FARLEY (of the Nautical Almanac Office.), William Samuel STRATFORD
The Catalogue of Stars of the British Association, Containing the Mean Right Ascensions and North Polar Distance of Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Seven Fixed Stars Reduced to Jany. 1, 1850: Together with Their Annual Precessions, Etc. With a Preface by F. Baily. [Completed by W. S. Stratford, Dr. Robinson, J. Challis and R. Farley.]
The Catalogue of Stars of the British Association, Containing the Mean Right Ascensions and North Polar Distance of Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Seven Fixed Stars Reduced to Jany. 1, 1850: Together with Their Annual Precessions, Etc. With a Preface by F. Baily. [Completed by W. S. Stratford, Dr. Robinson, J. Challis and R. Farley.]
British Association for the Advancement of Science, James Challis, Thomas Romney ROBINSON, Francis BAILY, Richard FARLEY (of the Nautical Almanac Office.), William Samuel STRATFORD
James Challis
Explanations of Phenomena of Light on the Hypothesis of Undulations
Explanations of Phenomena of Light on the Hypothesis of Undulations
James Challis

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