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Jules Janssen; photograph by Nadar (date unknown)
Photo taken by Janssen, from the Meudon observatory, of Renard and Krebs' La France dirigible (1885)

Pierre Jules César Janssen (22 February 1824 – 23 December 1907), usually known as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with English scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer, is credited with discovering the gaseous nature of the solar chromosphere, and with some justification the element helium.

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Pierre Janssen

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Pierre Jules César Janssen (22 February 1824 – 23 December 1907), usually known as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with English scientist...

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Janssen revolver

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The Janssen revolver (French: revolver photographique) was invented by the French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen in 1874. It was the instrument...

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Prime meridian

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1770-1, Hakluyt Society, p. 3, retrieved 13 January 2013 Speech by Pierre Janssen, director of the Paris observatory, at the first session of the Meridian...

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Pier Janssen

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Pieter "Pier" Janssen (born 9 September 1956), also referred to as Pierre or Piet, is a Belgian former footballer and manager who played as a midfielder...

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Mont Blanc

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undertake detailed research, so he built his permanent cabin. In 1890, Pierre Janssen, an astronomer and the director of the Meudon astrophysical observatory...

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Norman Lockyer

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an English scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen, he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Lockyer also is remembered...

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Mobutu Sese Seko

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daughter, Yakpwa (nicknamed Yaki), was briefly married to a Belgian, Pierre Janssen, who later wrote a book that described Mobutu's lifestyle in vivid detail...

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Period 1 element

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extreme conditions. Helium was discovered in 1868 by French astronomer Pierre Janssen, who first detected the substance as an unknown yellow spectral line...

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1870s in film

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in film involved some significant events. 1874 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen used his "photographic revolver" to photograph the transit of the planet...

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List of years in film

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December 9, 1874, french astronomer Pierre Janssen and Brazilian engineer Francisco Antônio de Almeida using Janssen's 'photographic revolver' photograph...

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Noble gas

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of the Earth's atmosphere due to decay of radioactive potassium-40. Pierre Janssen and Joseph Norman Lockyer had discovered a new element on 18 August...

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Solar prominence

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a hydrogen line confirmed that prominences were gaseous in nature. Pierre Janssen was also able to detect an emission line corresponding to an at the...

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1874 transit of Venus

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Passage de Venus – A series of photographs taken of the transit by Pierre Janssen, listed by IMDb as the first film The timings given here are the geocentric...

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International Meridian Conference

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Rica A. Lefaivre Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General France Pierre Janssen Director of the Physical Observatory of Paris France Baron H. von Alvensleben...

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List of French astronomers

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Maurice Hamy Michel Hénon Paul Henry and Prosper Henry Pierre Hérigone Gustave-Adolphe Hirn Pierre Janssen Odette Jasse René Jarry-Desloges Stéphane Javelle...

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Guntur

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observation of solar eclipse of 18 August 1868 by French astronomer, Pierre Janssen. Allen Olliver Becker's family from Guntur was among the survivors of...

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Zacharias Janssen

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Zacharias Janssen; also Zacharias Jansen or Sacharias Jansen; 1585 – pre-1632) was a Dutch spectacle-maker who lived most of his life in Middelburg. He...

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History of science and technology on the Indian subcontinent

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the westernized intelligentsia and establishment. French astronomer, Pierre Janssen observed the Solar eclipse of 18 August 1868 and discovered helium,...

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1860s

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expedition in which a spectroscope was used. J. Norman Lockyer and Pierre Janssen are honored for their discovery of the nature of the Sun's prominences...

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Timeline of solar astronomy

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Carrington discovers the differential nature of solar rotation 1868 — Pierre Janssen and Norman Lockyer discover an unidentified yellow line in solar prominence...

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Astronomical spectroscopy

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identified. Two examples are listed below: In 1868 Norman Lockyer and Pierre Janssen independently observed a line next to the sodium doublet (D1 and D2)...

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