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    James Ferguson (25 April 1710 – 17 November 1776) was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific...
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    movement of the planets around the Sun. The Scottish scientist James Ferguson (17101776) undertook a series of lectures in Derby in July 1762 based on...
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  • James Leo Ferguson, Bangladeshi politician James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer) (17101776), Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (American...
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    Arabic numerals and logarithms Adam Ferguson (1723–1816) considered the founder of sociology James Ferguson (17101776) astronomer and instrument maker Robert...
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    12th Duke of Alba, Spanish duke (b. 1714) November 17 – James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (b. 1710) November 23 – Théophile de Bordeu, French physician...
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  • 1789–1874 engineer structural Hugh Falconer 1808–1865 palaeontologist James Ferguson 17101776 astronomer, instrument maker Sir Alexander Fleming 1881–1955 microbiologist...
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    Parliament (d. 1776) April 24 – Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d'Esgly, eighth bishop of the diocese of Quebec (d. 1788) April 25 – James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer...
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  • Laboratory in San Marino MPC · 5624 5625 Jamesferguson 1991 AO2 James Ferguson (17101776), a Scottish astronomer. JPL · 5625 5626 Melissabrucker 1991 FE...
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  • inventor and manufacturer (born 1704) November 17 – James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (born 1710) Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R.; Bracher, Katherine;...
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  • April 25 – James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (died 1776) May 18 – Johann II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1790) June 10 – James Short, Scottish...
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