Franciszek Armiński (born October 2, 1789 in

Tymbark Tymbark is a village in southern Poland, some south-east of Kraków, population 2,400 (2004 data). It lies approximately west of Limanowa and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. Tymbark was granted city rights in 1357 by King Casimir ...

– January 14, 1848 in

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) was a Polish

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. He was professor at the

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and director of the astronomical observatory in

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, Warsaw. He studied many astronomical acts and predicted space theories.

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1789 births 1848 deaths People from Limanowa County Scientists from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria 19th-century Polish astronomers Academic staff of the University of Warsaw {{Poland-scientist-stub