115 HJjhiy of JJlronomy for the Year 1799. 



different for the glory of a father as for the fciences, which 

 be etihtvated for iixty years with fo much fuccefs. 



Jofeph Liciganig, formeriy a Jefuit at Vienna, died at 

 Lamberg, in Auflrian Poland or Gahcia, on the 4th of 

 "March 1799, at the age of 8x. We are indebted to him 

 ibr the meafurement of degrees in Hungary and Auftria in 

 1769. He came to fee me when I paiTe-d through Venice 

 in 17(55, and I then admired his talents and zeal. 



On th-e 24th of February we loft Profeflor Lichtenberg, 

 at Goltingen, to whom we were indebted for the polthumous 

 works of Mayer in 1775. 



M. Stmadt, (we pronounce Strenat,) the aftronomer of 

 Prague, long known by many ufeful obfervations, died on 

 the 24th of September. Bernoulli, when he gave an account 

 in 1776, in the firft volume of his NouveUcs Litleraires, ot 

 the memoirs printed at Prague, announced that there were 

 among thern memoirs of M. Stepling, who was director, 

 and, in fome meafarc, founder of the obfervatory, and of 

 M. Stmadt, who was his affiftant. Since that time he never 

 ceafed to ol>ferve, as may be feen in the Ephcmerides of 

 Berlin, and in other works. M. David, his afliflant in the 

 obfervatory, has fucceeded him as director. 



We have learned alfo from Sweden, the death of I. H. 

 Lindquift, Profeffor of Mathematics at Abo in Finland, 

 who has pnbliflied, in the Tranfactions of the Academy of 

 Stockholm, many interefting memoirs. 



On the 17th of November 1798, we loft a valuable ama- 

 teur of aftronomy, the biftiop of Tranfylvania, Count de 

 .Batthiani, who eftabliflKd an obfervatory at Carlfbourg, to 

 which he has bequeathed 30,000 florins and a beautiful h- 

 brary. Ho was born on the 30th of January 1741, and was 

 made biftiop on the a5th of Januar)' 1781. 



The biibop of Eriang (Agria) Count Charles Ffterhazi, 

 founder of the olfervator)' where j\I. Madarafty obfervcd, 

 dlifd on the 6th of March 1 799. 



III. On 



