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Newcomb, Simon Canadian-born US mathematician and astronomer who compiled charts and tables of astronomical data with phenomenal accuracy. His calculations of the motions of the bodies in the Solar System were in use as daily reference all over the world for more than 50 years, and the system of astronomical constants for which he was most responsible is still the standard. Newcomb was born in Wallace, Nova Scotia, and had little or no formal education. In his teens he ran away to the USA, and eventually enrolled at Harvard. In 1861 he joined the navy, where he was assigned to the US Naval Observatory at Washington DC, and in 1877 put in charge of the American Nautical Almanac office. From 1884 he was also professor of mathematics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. He retired with the rank of rear admiral. At the Nautical Almanac office, Newcomb started the great work that was to occupy the rest of his life: the calculation of the motions of the bodies in the Solar System. The results were published in Astronomical Papers Prepared for the Use of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, a series that he founded 1879. With his British counterpart Arthur Matthew Weld Downing (1850-1917), Newcomb established a universal standard system of astronomical constants. This was adopted at an international conference 1896, and again 1950.

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26. Simon Newcomb — FactMonster.com Encyclopedia Newcomb, Simon. Newcomb, Simon (n OO 'k u m, ny OO '–) , 1835–1909, American astronomer, b. Nova Scotia, grad. Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, 1858. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0835394.html

Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites Halloween Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Encyclopedia Newcomb, Simon Newcomb, Simon (n OO u m, ny OO key American Nautical Almanac American Journal of Mathematics. Newcomb participated in several eclipse expeditions and in 1882 went to the Cape of Good Hope to observe the transit of Venus. The record of many of his researches was published in the Astronomical Papers of the American Ephemeris, a series that he established in 1879. His investigations and computations of the orbits of six planets resulted in his tables of the planetary system, which were almost universally adopted by the observatories of the world. Newcomb urged the use of a common system of constants and fundamental stars by astronomers of all nations. A subject to which he devoted many years of study was the theory of the moon's motion. From the formulas he established it was possible to construct accurate lunar tables. His writings include a valuable early paper, On the Secular Variations and Mutual Relations of the Orbits of the Asteroids (1860) and On the Motion of Hyperion See his Reminiscences of an Astronomer (1903); study by L. M. Dunphy (1956).

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32. The Course Of Nature: An Address Delivered Before The American Association For T Author Newcomb, Simon, 18351909 Subject Science Publisher Salem, Printed at the Salem Press Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language English Call number nrlf_ucbGLAD http://www.archive.org/details/courseofnaturead00newcrich

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Simon Newcomb Rear Admiral, United States Navy Born in Wallace, Nova Scotia, on March 12, 1835, he was educated privately. He came to the United States in 1853 and was appointed computer on Nautical Almanac in 1857. He graduated from Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard College in 1858 and appointed Professor of Mathematics, United States Navy, in 1861, assigned to duty at the Naval Observtory in Washington. In 1894, he also became professor of mathematics-Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. A many of many US and foreign scientific societies. He made numerous astronomical discoveries and published more than 100 scientific papers. His stone in section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: "Profesor of Mathematics, United States Navy, 1835-1909. The heavens declare this glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork." His daughter, Anita Newcomb McGee i s also buried in this gravesite. NEWCOMB, Simon, astronomer, born in Wallace, Nova Scotia, 12 March, 1835. He is the son of a teacher of American descent, whose ancestors had settled in Canada in 1761, and who came to the United States in 1852. Simon was the eldest son, and, after being educated by his father, taught for some time. He came to the United States in 1853, and during 1854-'6 was engaged as a teacher in Maryland. There he became acquainted with Joseph Henry and Julius E. Hilgard, who, recognizing his aptitude for mathematics, secured his appointment in 1857 as computer on the "Nautical Almanac," which was then published in Cambridge, Massachusetts He entered the Lawrence scientific school, and was graduated in 1858, continuing thereafter for three years as a graduate student.

38. Index Simon Newcomb b. March 12, 1835, Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada d. July 11, 1909, Washington, D.C., USA http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/newcomb/index.htm

Simon Newcomb b. March 12, 1835, Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada d. July 11, 1909, Washington, D.C., USA Books A Critical Examination of our Financial Policy During the Southern Rebellion New York, D. Appleton and company, 1865 (from University of Michigan Library) The ABC of Finance; or, The Money and Labor Questions Familiarly Explained to Common People, in Short and Easy Lessons Articles and Reviews The Let-alone Principle from The North American Review , Volume 110, Issue 226, January 1870, pp 1-33. The Labor Question from The North American Review , Volume 111, Issue 228, July 1870, pp 122-155. W. Stanley Jevons's Theory of Political Economy A Book Review by S. N. in the The North American Review , Volume 114, Issue 235, April 1872, pp. 435-440. The Method and Province of Political Economy from The North American Review , Volume 121, Issue 249, October 1875, pp 241-270. Abstract Science in America, 1776-1876 from The North American Review , Volume 122, Issue 250, January 1876, pp 88-124. The Standard of Value from The North American Review , Volume 129, Issue 274, September 1879, pp 223-238.

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Simon Newcomb Click the picture above to see four larger pictures Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing] List of References (11 books/articles) A Quotation Mathematicians born in the same country Additional Material in MacTutor Obituary: The Times Honours awarded to Simon Newcomb (Click below for those honoured in this way) Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Society Copley Medal American Maths Society President ... Lunar features Crater Newcomb Other Web sites Encyclopaedia Britannica AMS NNDB University of Chicago ... Previous (Chronologically) Next Main Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Biographies index JOC/EFR � October 2003 The URL of this page is: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Newcomb.html

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