Connaissance des Temps

The Connaissance des temps (English: Knowledge of Time) is an official yearly publication of astronomical ephemerides in France. Until just after the French Revolution, the title appeared as Connoissance des temps, and for several years afterwards as Connaissance des tems.

History

Connaissance des temps is the oldest such publication in the world, published without interruption since 1679 (originally named La Connoissance des Temps ou calendrier et éphémérides du lever & coucher du Soleil, de la Lune & des autres planètes), when the astronomer Jean Picard (1620–1682) obtained from the King the right to create the journal. The first eight editors were:

Other notable astronomers who edited the Connaissance des temps were:

Among the other prestigious national astronomical ephemerides, The Nautical Almanac was only established in 1767 and the Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch in 1776.

Contents

The volumes of the Connaissance des temps had two parts:

References

  1. ↑ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

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