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This would give a mean year of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds, which is extremely close to the mean tropical year. Neither the Tsar nor Orthodox clergy accepted this unsolicited proposal, though a modified version of it was made by
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dates before the year 1900, the leap year in 1900 along with every 128th year afterwards (2028, 2156, etc.) under the Julian rules would be cancelled.
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His father was a master tailor and when 12 he studied at the Friedrich‐Werdersche Gymnasium in Berlin. He was orphaned at age 19 by an outbreak of
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Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert: Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit, 1848–1914
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in the 1870s. Beer and Mädler drew the firm conclusion that the features on the Moon do not change, and there is no atmosphere or water.
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of stars, he came up with his "Central Sun Hypothesis", according to which the center of the galaxy was located in the
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which later became the first true maps of that planet. They were the first to choose what is today known as
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Title page to a 1861 first edition copy of "Der Wunderbau des Weltalls oder Populäre Astronomie"
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In 1864, he proposed a calendar reform for Russia: After dropping 12 days to align with
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In 1829 Beer decided to set up a private observatory in Berlin, with a 95 mm
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von Mädler, Johann (1865). "Die Kalender-Reform" [The Calendar Reform].
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as well as astronomical observations. He continued Struve's observations of
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in 1900, and ultimately Russia would adopt the Gregorian calendar in 1918.
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Johann Heinrich Mädler (1794–1874): Eine dokumentarische Biographie.
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He published many scientific works, among them a two-volume
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http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/onlinebks/mars/chap04.htm
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Joeveer, Mihkel (2007). "Mädler, Johann Heinrich von".
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Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1985 ISSN 0138-4600 (German)
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Johann Heinrich Mädler
Mädler (disambiguation)

astronomy
Berlin
Hannover
astronomer
typhus
Wilhelm Beer
refractor telescope
Joseph von Fraunhofer
Mars
Sinus Meridiani
prime meridian
rotation period
Title page to a 1861 first edition copy of "Der Wunderbau des Weltalls oder Populäre Astronomie"
Moon
Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt
Johann Franz Encke
Berlin Observatory
Dorpat (Tartu) Observatory
Estonia
Russian Empire
Friedrich Wilhelm Struve
Pulkovo Observatory
meteorological
double stars
proper motions
Pleiades
star cluster

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