Felix Savary
Felix Savary (born October 4, 1797 in Paris , † July 15, 1841 in Estargel , Perpignan ) was a French astronomer .
Savary studied at the École polytechnique in Paris until 1815 . Then he worked as a teacher at this school and became professor of astronomy and geodesy there in 1831 . He was also an astronomer at the Paris Observatory and worked as a librarian at the Bureau des Longitudes from 1823 to 1829 . His main occupation was determining the orbit of double stars . He calculated this assuming the validity of Newton's law of gravitation . He also wrote the treatise Sur la détermination des orbites que décrivent autour de leur center de gravité deux étoiles très rapprochées l'une de l'autre (Paris 1827). He also dealt with electromagnetism and electrodynamics , where he sometimes worked with André-Marie Ampère . He had been a member of the Académie des Sciences since the end of 1832 .
literature
- Felix Savary . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 14, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 356.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Savary, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1841 |
| Place of death | Estargel , Perpignan |