Picture No | 10065864 |
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Description | JEAN SYLVAIN BAILLY |
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JEAN SYLVAIN BAILLY (1736 - 1793), French astronomer who computed the orbit for Halley's Comet, and first Mayor of Paris 1789, with a turbulent scene from the Tennis Court Oath below
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Source | Engraving by Duplessi-Bertaux |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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