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   Niesten
   Jean Louis Nicolas
   L. N. ; Louis Niesten ;
   
   
   1844 in Vise near Liège, Belgium
   1920
   probably Brussels, Belgium
   
   
   
   Belgium
   In 1877, L.N. observed Mars & created detailed maps of its surface features & 3D Mars globe (diameter 10 cm) produced in small series by J. Lebèque & Co., Brussels, 1892; Notices astronomiques
   Brussels Royal Observatory (joined its staff in 1878, publ. in Bulletin mensuel du magnétisme terrestre de l'observatoire royal du Belgique)
   instrument makers J. Lebeque & Co., Brussels (for Mars globe) ;
   astronomical drawing ; 3D globes of Mars (1892)
   www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10306141&wwwflag=2&imagepos=7&screenwidth=1075
   www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/celestia/martianglobes.htm http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Niesten_Mars_globe_segments.jpg
   Jürgen Blunck: Geschichte der Marsgloben, in: Der Globusfreund Nr. 43/44, 1995/96: 259 ;
   Belgian astronomer working at the Brussels Royal Observatory.
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   288874552
   


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