Arthur Matthew Weld Downing
- Arthur Matthew Weld Downing
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing (April 13 1850 – December 8 1917) was a British astronomer.
He became an assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1873. He became superintendent of HM Nautical Almanac Office from 1891 to 1910.
He collaborated with his U.S. counterpart Simon Newcomb in establishing an international standard for astronomical constants.
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* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MNRAS/0078//0000241.000.html MNRAS 78 (1918) 241]
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/Obs../0041//0000070.000.html Obs 41 (1918) 70]
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