French astronomers in India during the 17th - 19th centuries

dc.contributor.author	Kochhar, R. K
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-02T17:09:31Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-02T17:09:31Z
dc.date.issued	1991-04
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 101, No. 2, pp. 95 - 100	en
dc.identifier.issn	0007-0297
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/4314
dc.description.abstract	The contributions made by French astronomers from India are reviewed. The French were more successful on the scientific front than on the colonial. The first telescopic discovery from India was made by a French Jesuit priest, Father Jean Richaud (1689). Surprisingly the first ever modern worthwhile map of India was prepared in France by D'Anville (1752). All Indian maps until 1905 used the value of Madras longitude derived by a Frenchman, John Warren (1807). And finally, the first ever discovery from India - and of singular importance - in the then new field of astrophysics, was also due to a visiting Frenchman, Janssen (1868).	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	British Astronomical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991JBAA..101...95K	en
dc.subject	Historical: Indian Astronomy	en
dc.title	French astronomers in India during the 17th - 19th centuries	en
dc.type	Article	en