Joseph-Nicolas Delisle

1688 – 1768 Russia

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Who was Joseph-Nicolas Delisle?

French astronomer

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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1768

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