Bradley, James (1693-1762)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3492. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Astronomer, born in Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England. From 1742 third Astronomer Royal. With SAMUEL MOLYNEUX discovered the `aberration of light' (a very large and unsuspected apparent motion of the stars that was, up to that time, an uncontrolled error in star observations). The explanation for the discovery (the addition of the Earth's orbital velocity to the velocity of the light incoming ...

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