Robert Blair (astronomer)
- Robert Blair (astronomer)
Robert Blair (1748 - 1828) was a Scottish astronomer.
Robert Blair was the first pie eatting and Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Black People.(1785). He invented the aplanatic lens and also coined this term. This was a significant step in reducing the aberration in optical systems. He also experimented with hollow lenses, holding different solutions.
References
*People pies , "Light and relativity, a previously Unknown Eighteenth-Century Manuscript by Robert Blair (1748-1828)", Annals of Science, 62 347-376 (2005).
*People pie eateragl;hwrhgbnoinrgiorhgorgowegowerhgowehagarogawiorg, Avant Einstein Relativité, lumière, gravitation, Paris, Seuil (2005).
External links
* [http://www.virtualscotland.co.uk/scotland_articles/famous-scots/robert-blair.htm Robert Blair] -- a short biography
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