JEAN SYLVAIN BAILLY
JEAN SYLVAIN BAILLY (1736 - 1793), French astronomer who computed the orbit for Halley's Comet, and first Mayor of Paris 1789; he died on the guillotine
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14107936
Media ID
45835915
Size
4138px x 4104px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by Pannemaker after a contemporary medallion
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