The Bureau des Longitudes (French: [byʁo de lɔ̃ʒityd]) is a French scientific institution, founded by decree of 25 June 1795 and charged with the improvement...

tables with latitudes and longitudes, and in some cases improving the accuracy. The methods used to determine most of the longitudes are not given, but a few...

under the title Ephémérides astronomiques: Annuaire du Bureau des longitudes. Connaissance des temps is the oldest such publication in the world, published...

aberration of light. He was elected a member of the Bureau des Longitudes in 1872 and of the Académie des Sciences in 1873. Loewy became director of the Paris...

along with those made in Spain. Arago was elected a member of the Bureau des Longitudes immediately afterwards, and contributed to each of its Annuals,...

for the use of astronomers]. Connaissance des Temps (in French). Vol. 1847. Paris, France: Bureau des Longitudes. 1847. p. [unnumbered front matter]. Metzger...

sent to Grenoble. In 1808 he became astronomer to the Bureau des Longitudes; and when the Faculté des sciences de Paris was instituted in 1809 he was appointed...

to the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. In August 1847, the Bureau des Longitudes announced its decision to follow prevailing astronomical practice...

Polytechnique upon its opening in 1794, was a founding member of the Bureau des Longitudes, and became Senator in 1799. Lagrange was one of the creators of...

member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Bureau des Longitudes. He is best known for publishing lunar tables (positions of the...