Franz Xaver von Zach (1754 - 1832) — Auction price
Lot 36 Neuester Himmels-Atlas
Franz Xaver von Zach (1754 - 1832) 
Christian Friedrich Goldbach (1763 - 1811) 
Printed and Manuscript Americana & Science 
Franz Xaver von Zach
04.07.1754 - 02.09.1832
Austria, Hungary
Franz Xaver Freiherr (from 1801) von Zach, Baron (Hungarian: Zách János Ferenc) was an Austro-German astronomer, surveyor, mathematician, science historian and officer of Hungarian origin. He rendered outstanding services in the exploration of the solar system and the organization of international astronomy, after whom a lunar crater (Zach) and an asteroid ((999) Zachia) were named, among others. He was also the founder of the first scientific journals and organised the first astronomical congress in 1798.
Christian Friedrich Goldbach
20.03.1763 - 11.04.1811
Germany
Christian Friedrich Goldbach was a German astronomer, cartographer and professor of astronomy at the Imperial University of Moscow.
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Printed and Manuscript Americana & Science
Date: 27.01.2023 10:00 UTC +00:00
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