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    Jean-Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ filip lois də ʃezo]; 4 May 1718 – 30 November 1751) was a Swiss astronomer. Loys de Cheseaux...
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    Cluster (M7). Credit for the discovery is usually given to Jean-Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1746. Charles Messier observed the cluster on May 23, 1764...
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    Charles-Louis Loys de Cheseaux (1730 – 1789) was a Swiss historian. Born in Lausanne, he was a member of Bern's economic society. Among his works is a...
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    is approximately magnitude 8. The cluster was discovered by Jean-Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, but Charles Messier later rediscovered it and remarked on its...
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  • Nebula, Messier 25, Messier 35, and IC 4665 are discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux. Charles Bonnet publishes his first work on entomology, entitled...
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    translation of Cheseaux's letter appears on pp. 105–106. Available at: SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System See also: Philippe Loys de Chéseaux (May 4, 1718...
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    with various instruments]. Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences ... Avec les Mémoires de Mathématique & de Physique, pour la même Année, ... [History...
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