Amédée Ernest Barthélemy Mouchez ( August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...August 24, Events February 23 _ The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college. ...1821 – June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ...June 29, 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...1892) was a 19th century French naval officer who became director of the The Paris Observatory (in French, Observatoire de Paris or Observatoire de Paris_Meudon) is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centers in the world. ...Paris Observatory and launched the ill_fated Carte du Ciel (Map of the Sky) was an international project to map the positions of millions of stars — that is to say, of all stars to the 11th or 12th magnitude. ...Carte du Ciel project in 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...1887.

Born in This article is about the Spanish capital. ...Madrid, The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ...Spain, Mouchez embarked on a career in the Navy officers on the bridges of the Motte_Picquet frigate French Navy summer uniforms Frigate division of the French Navy in Toulon harbour The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the second_largest Western European navy (the largest being the Royal Navy). ...French Navy as an Comparative military ranks _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...ensign in 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...1843. This was a period of relative international maritime peace and much of the navy's activities were dedicated to exploration and discovery. Mouchez was initially occupied on Hydrography is the measurement of physical characteristics of waters and marginal land. ...hydrographic studies along the coasts of Korea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the west and Russia to the north. ...Korea, The Great Wall of China, stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the 3rd century BC to guard the north from raids by men on horses. ...China and South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...South America, penetrating 320 KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha_2, km) Kilometre/Kilometer (only km in minuscule is the correct representation of kilometer as an SI unit of length) Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management, in the field of Library and information science Knowledge Machine, the KM knowledge representation...km up the The Paraguay River near Asunción The River Paraguay is a major river in South America, running from west Brazil south through the centre of Paraguay to flow into the River Parana. ...Paraguay River and exploring the Abrolhos Islands. He improved the practice of Surveying is concerned with the application of mathematics and physics in obtaining accurate measurements for the determination of the position of points on the Earths surface. ...surveying at sea, adapting terrestrial instruments for naval use, and was especially concerned with the problems of determining Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north_south line called the Prime Meridian. ...longitude. He developed the use of the Diagram of an Optical Theodolite. ...theodolite and meridian telescope to improve the error in establishing longitude from around 30″ to 3_4″.

Attaining the rank of Comparative military ranks _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...post captain in 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...1868, he embarked on a series of expeditions to chart the coast of The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, or Algeria, is a nation in north Africa, and the second largest country on the African continent. ...Algeria. At the conclusion of his project in 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...1873, he was elected to the The Bureau des Longitudes is a French scientific institution, founded by decree of June 25, 1795 and charged with the improvement of nautical navigation, standardisation of time_keeping, geodesy and astronomical observation. ...Bureau des Longitudes and, in the following year, was sponsored by the The French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. ...Académie des Sciences to observe the (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9321. ...transit of Venus from St. ...St. Paul Island in the The Indian Ocean is the third_largest body of water in the world, covering about 20% of the Earths water surface. ...Indian Ocean. On December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...December 9, he made a sequence of superb photographic plates of the event.

In 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...1875, the Académie elected him a member of the Astronomy, which etymologically means law of the stars, (from Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος) is a science involving the observation and explanation of events occurring outside Earth and its atmosphere. ...astronomy section and in Events January _ April January – Cleopatras Needle arrives in London January 9 _ Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 – Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 _ The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. ...1878 he was promoted to Comparative military ranks _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...rear admiral and awarded the role of director of the Paris Observatory. The observatory had fallen into disrepair and disrepute since the chaos of the Battle of Gravelotte Main article: Battle of Gravelotte Battle of Sedan Main article: Battle of Sedan The French were soundly defeated in several battles owing to the military superiority of the Prussian forces and their commanders. ...Franco_Prussian War of 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...1870 and the Destruction of the Vendôme Column during the Paris Commune The term Paris Commune originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. ...Paris Commune of 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...1871. Mouchez set about a programme of reconstruction but failed to persuade the government to fund a new observatory outside the centre of The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...Paris.

In 1887, he collaborated with Sir Sir David Gill (June 12, 1843 – January 24, 1914) was a Scottish astronomer who spent much of his career in South Africa. ...David Gill to host an international astronomical conference in Paris. The principal outcome of the conference was a multi_national project to compile and index a photographic atlas of the heavens, the Carte du Ciel. The project consumed massive effort over several decades before it was rendered obsolete by modern astronomical methods.

Mouchez died in Wissous, Seine_et_Oise was a département of France encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris. ...Seine_et_Oise.