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proven." ("I den
Mathematiske Classe, hvor det Problem om Soel-Pletterne etc. var udsat, fandt man, at Alexander Wilson, M.D., Professor i Astronomien ved Universitetet i Glasgow i Scotland, havde fortient Præmium; Skiønt man ey anseer hans Hypothese over Soel-Pletterne at være tilstrækkelig beviist.")
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announced a prize to be awarded for the best essay on the nature of solar spots, Wilson submitted an entry. On 18 February 1772 the
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in glass. In 1737, he left for London to make his fortune, He found work as assistant to a French surgeon-
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who like Wilson was interested in astronomy, and Wilson constructed instruments for Isla during 1738.
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Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 1742–1942. Samlinger til Selskabets Historie
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making possible beautiful and artistic publications. Among modern typefaces,
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typefaces were used to print classics of Greek literature.
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with a friend in London, he had an idea for making better
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Wilson, Alexander (1774) "Observations on Solar Spots",
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Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006).
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820:British typographers and type designers
727:Regius Professor of Practical Astronomy
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193:kites in meteorological investigations
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830:18th-century Scottish businesspeople
780:18th-century Scottish mathematicians
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785:18th-century Scottish scientists
775:18th-century British astronomers
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436:The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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388:Edinburgh Journal of Science
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674:Oxford University Press
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374:He, and his second son
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664:Retrieved 19 Dec 2008.
527:Lomholt, Asger (1942)
491:10.1093/ref:odnb/29633
335:Macfarlane Observatory
168:Founder Fellow of the
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658:Retrieved 19 Dec 2008
652:Retrieved 10 Mar 2009
515:Inside the Collection
331:University of Glasgow
274:University of Glasgow
260:University of Glasgow
204:University of Glasgow
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825:Scottish astronomers
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401:on 16 October 1786.
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496:11 November
359:The crater
352:. When the
301:meteorology
135:Type-making
132:Meteorology
130:Mathematics
84:Nationality
754:Categories
702:4 December
413:References
320:hydrometer
235:apothecary
220:town clerk
216:St Andrews
210:Early life
78:, Scotland
59:, Scotland
57:St Andrews
595:from the
587:162651162
399:Edinburgh
266:Camlachie
250:typefaces
239:Lord Isla
128:Astronomy
76:Edinburgh
676:, 2004,
561:(1824).
459:22 March
346:sunspots
88:Scottish
339:Opticks
282:Fontana
270:Glasgow
268:, near
202:at the
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125:Fields
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297:kites
155:Notes
704:2005
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