Biography

[English] Benjamin Apthorp Gould (b. 1824 in Boston, Massachusetts, d. 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American astronomer who founded in 1849 the *“Astronomical Journal”* and also worked for a long time in Argentina.

[Deutsch] Benjamin Apthorp Gould (geb. 1824 in Boston, Massachusetts; gest. 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom, der 1849 das *„Astronomical Journal“* gründete und lange Zeit auch in Argentinien wirkte.

Books by Benjamin Apthorp Gould

Ancestry and Posterity of Zacc
Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield
2018
The transatlantic longitude, a
The transatlantic longitude, as determined by the Coast Survey Expedition in 1866
1978
Specimens of the garbling of l
Specimens of the garbling of letters by the majority of the trustees of the Dudley Observatory
1974
Investigations in the military and anthropological statistics of American soldiers
Investigations in the military and anthropological statistics of American soldiers
1972
War thoughts of an optimist
War thoughts of an optimist
1915
Address on the metric system of weights and measures
Address on the metric system of weights and measures
1902
Cordoba photographs
Cordoba photographs
1897
Memoir of Lewis Morris Rutherf
Memoir of Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, 1816-1892
1895
On the reduction of photograph
On the reduction of photographic observations
1888
Reduction of photographic obse
Reduction of photographic observations of the Præsepe
1888
Report upon the unification of
Report upon the unification of longitudes and a universal time
1884
Uranometría argentina
Uranometría argentina
1879
Relations of the man of science to the community
Relations of the man of science to the community
1869
The transatlantic longitude, a
The transatlantic longitude, as determined by the Coast survey expedition of 1866
1869
An address in commemoration of
An address in commemoration of Alexander Dallas Bache
1868
Biographical notice of James Melville Gilliss
Biographical notice of James Melville Gilliss
1867
Reduction of the observations
Reduction of the observations of fixed stars made by Joseph d'Agelet, at Paris, in 1783-1785, with a catalogue of the corresponding mean places, referred to the equinox of 1800
1866
Reduction of the observations
Reduction of the observations of fixed stars made by Joseph Lepaute d'Agelet, at Paris, in 1783-1785
1866
Eulogy on Joseph S. Hubbard
Eulogy on Joseph S. Hubbard
1864
Boston harbour
Boston harbour
1863
Observations of the solar ecli
Observations of the solar eclipse of July 18, 1860, made at Cambridge, Massachusetts
1862
Standard mean right-ascensions of circumpolar and time stars prepared for the use of the U.S. Coast Survey
Standard mean right-ascensions of circumpolar and time stars prepared for the use of the U.S. Coast Survey
1862
Reply to the "Statement of the trustees" of the Dudley Observatory
Reply to the "Statement of the trustees" of the Dudley Observatory
1859
Who withholds co-operation?
Who withholds co-operation?
1858
An address in commemoration of
An address in commemoration of Sears Cook Walker
1854
On the velocity of the galvani
On the velocity of the galvanic current in telegraph wires
1851
Report on the history of the discovery of Neptune
Report on the history of the discovery of Neptune
1850
Report to the Smithsonian Inst
Report to the Smithsonian Institution
1850
American Academy of Arts and S
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, January 1849
1849
An account of the observatory
An account of the observatory at Pulkowa, as written for the North American review, July, 1849
1849
Review of Herschel's Outlines
Review of Herschel's Outlines of astronomy
1849
The observatory at Pulkowa
The observatory at Pulkowa
1849
Untersuchungen über die gegens
Untersuchungen über die gegenseitige Lage der Bahnen der zwischen Mars und Jupiter sich bewegenden Planeten
1848