Josef (also José or Joseph) de Mendoza y Ríos (1761–1816) was a Spanish astronomer and mathematician of the 18th century, famous for his work on navigation...

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Ríos spelling variants are: Ríós, Riós, Rios, de Ríos, de los Ríos, de Ríós, de los Ríós, de Rios, da Rios, do Rios, de los Rios, los Ríos, Ria, Río,...

fail due to mechanical problems. Royal Observatory, Greenwich Josef de Mendoza y Ríos John Harrison History of longitude Longitude prize Henry Raper...

with the publication of tables using the Haversine formula by Josef de Mendoza y Ríos. The advantage of using chronometers was that though astronomical...

(1882–1945), neuroscientist, discoverer of the microglia or Hortega cell Josef de Mendoza y Ríos (1761–1816) was a Spanish astronomer and mathematician of the 18th...

theodolite created by the renowned instrument maker, Jesse Ramsden. Josef de Mendoza y Ríos redesigned Borda's reflecting circle (London, 1801). The goal was...

Europe with Josef de Mendoza y Ríos, visiting France, England, Germany, Sweden, Poland and Russia. In Paris he met Gaspard Monge and Agustín de Betancourt...

Central America). On 20 May 1741, he married Maria Estefania Domínguez de Mendoza in Chihuahua. They had two sons, Anacléto (Cléto) and Manuel. In 1743...

Pérez Brito de los Ríos y Fernández Valdelomar 1812–1815 Manuel Artazo y Torredemer 1815–1820 Miguel Castro y Araoz 1820–1821 Mariano Carrillo y Albornoz...