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		Benjamin Baillaud studied at l'École Normale Supérieure and the University of Paris.
		At Paris he inaugurated the telegraphy of time signals from the Observatory via the Eiffel Tower and, with great difficulty, kept the time service in operation throughout World War I. Widely regarded as an outstanding administrator, he was the first president of the International Astronomical Union.
		Borel, E[mile], et al, “Benjamin Baillaud, 1848-1934,” suivi de: Extraits des rapports annuels présentés au Conseil de l’Observatoire de Paris (Toulouse, 1937).
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	Encyclopedia: Benjamin Baillaud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Baillaud studied at the Ãcole Normale SupÃ©rieure and the University of Paris.
		Baillaud was active in time standardisation, becoming the founding president of the International Time Bureau and initiating the transmission of a time signal from the Eiffel Tower.
		Baillaud is a lunar crater that is located near the north limb of the Moon.
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	Benjamin Baillaud -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Édouard Benjamin Baillaud (February 14, 1848 – July 8, 1934) was a (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French (A physicist who studies astronomy) astronomer.
		Baillaud became founding president of the (additional info and facts about International Astronomical Union) International Astronomical Union in 1919.
		A (A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb) crater on the (Any natural satellite of a planet) Moon is named after him.
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		Benjamin, Utah - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Benjamin, Utah.
		Benjamin is a census-designated place located in Utah County, Utah.
		Benjamin is located at 40°5'30" North, 111°43'22" West (40.091710, -111.722749).
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	The Heritage Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1900, Benjamin Baillaud, the director of Toulouse Observatory, plans to install an astronomical station for his institute on the Massegros plateau, in Lozère in Central France.
		Benjamin Baillaud's two astronomer sons, Jules and René, are the first to test the new telescope in August 1909.
		The Baillaud telescope is successfully used by Henri Camichel, Bernard Lyot and Marcel Gentili to observe the opposition of the planet Mars in 1939.
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	Benjamin Baillaud - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Baillaud studied at the Г‰cole Normale SupГ©rieure and the University of Paris.
		Baillaud organised a team of soldiers to erect a 0.5 metre (20 inch) reflecting telescope, and 0.25 metre refracting telescope on the summit.
		Baillaud was active in time standardisation, becoming the founding president of the International Time Bureau and initiating the transmission of a time signal from the Eiffel Tower.
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		Benjamin Baillaud, of the Ecole Normale, an astronomer at Paris Observatory, and later Professor of Mathematics in various, important Parisian lycées, is named director of Toulouse Observatory on March 18, 1879.
		Benjamin Baillaud's other big project is the construction of a large telescope, at least for the time, at the top of the Pic du Midi.
		Baillaud's final report, submitted in March, 1903, is very favourable, and the University agrees to finance his project of an astronomical station with a subsidy of 30,000 Francs, to be paid in three annuities.
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	Benjamin Baillaud Bibliography
		Baillaud, Benjamin, “Les fondateurs de l’Observatoire du Pic-du-Midi,” Revue des Pyrénées 19, 441-454 (1907).
		Baillaud, Benjamin, “l’Observatoire de Paris et les Observatoires français,” Revue Scientifique 65, 257-67, 293-302 (1927).
		Baillaud, Benjamin and Henry Bourget, “Sur les conditions qu’offrent les observations astronomiques à l’Observatoire du Pic du Midi,” Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences 136, 1417-1420 (15 juin 1903).
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		Baillaud was born in Paris as the son of E.
		Between 1937 and 1947 Baillaud was director of the observatory at Pic-du-Midi and between 1922 and 1947 head of the Carte du Ciel programme.
		Baillaud was born as the son of E.
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		Besides Chrétien, General Bassot appointed at the same time new astronomers, namely : Philippe Lagrula, who returned to France after having managed the Observatory of Quito, and who assisted Chrétien for the settling of a photo-visual comparator to improve the observations; and René Baillaud, a son of the director of Paris Observatory, Benjamin Baillaud.
		This work was executed with René Baillaud's assistance at the Brunner's meridian circle.
		The coordinates of the Observatory, (longitude and latitude), had been determined at its foundation, but the precision of the results was contested.
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	1848
		February 8 - Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d.
		February 14 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d.
		February 16 - Octave Mirbeau French art critic and novelist (d.
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	AAS MEETINGS: AUGUST 1921 - DECEMBER 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Honorary Member(s): Benjamin Baillaud, Director of the Paris Observatory
		Notes of Interest: The Thirty-first Meeting of the AAS was held on Thursday and Friday, December 27-28, 1923, at Vassar College upon the invitation of Miss Caroline E. Furness.
		R.G. Aitken, Benjamin Boss, E.B. Frost, H.H. Plaskett, and E.W. Brown, Chair; Exhibit Committee (To look into the desirability of exhibiting with the Royal Photographic Society), composed of Messrs.
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		Cours d'astronimie à l'usage des étudients des facultés des sciences [microform] / par B. Baillaud.
		Each volume has separate title page and pagination.
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		Held in Conjunction With: The Pacific Division of AAAS and with the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP).
		Honorary Member(s): Herbert Hall Turner, Director of the University Observatory, Oxford; Benjamin Baillaud, Director of the Paris Observatory.
		Notes of Interest: The thirtieth meeting of the AAS was held at the Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California, on Monday to Thursday, September 17-20, 1923, in conjunction with the Pacific Division of the AAAS.
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