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Authorised form of nameWeidler; Johann Friedrich (? 1691 - 1755); mathematician and astronomer
Other forms of nameJohannes Fridericus
Dates? 1691 - 1755
Date of birth23 April 1691, or 1692
Date of death30 November 1755
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/11/1732
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA6780
Archives associated with this Fellow
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RBO/15/24Occultation of Venus by the Moon from the meteorological diary of J F Weidler1729
RBO/15/28Observations of the solar eclipse on 15 July 1730 by J F Weidler1730
EL/W4/20Observations of a partial lunar eclipse at Wittemberg in Saxony on 2 October 1735 by Johann Weidler1735
EL/W4/23Observations of the partial solar eclipse on 18 February 1737 at Wittenberg in Saxony by Johann Weidler1737
EL/W4/9Observations of parhelia witnessed at Wittenberg in Saxony on 31 December 1735 and 11 January 1736 by Johann Weidler1735
RBO/14/72Observations of the lunar eclipse on 9 August 1729 at Witteberg from J F Weidler to Hans Sloane1729
RBO/17/24Account of the aurora borealis from J Frider. Weidler's meteorological journal1732
MM/20/33Letter from Johann Friedrich Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society2 February 1738
MM/20/31Letter from Johann Friedrich Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society17/28 October 1736
RBO/18/58Scheme to show solar eclipses by J F Weidler1733
LBO/23/51Copy letter from John Weidler, Wittemberg, to Cromwell Mortimer1 January 1737
L&P/2/435Paper, 'An account of Johann Friedrich Weidler's book De ortu astronomiae' by William Stukeley21 February 1753
CLP/8ii/22Paper, regarding observations of the occultation of Venus by the Moon by J [Johann Friedrich] WeidlerNovember 1729
L&P/1/300/1Letter, 'Of the antiquity of figures' from Johann Friedrich Weidler to the Royal Society1744
L&P/2/446Paper, 'An account of Institutiones geomertricae subterraneae (1751)' by Johann Friedrich Weidler1753
CLP/4ii/14Paper, translation of Johann Freidrich Weidler's description of the aurora borealis at Wittemberg [Germany]1732
MM/20/32Letter from Johann Friedrich Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society1 January 1737
CLP/8ii/23Paper, regarding the occultation of the Venus by the Moon on 29 September 1729 extracted from J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler's diary 1729
EL/W4/21Paper, Notes of the total Eclipse of the moon of Sept 09 1736 in the morning observed at Wittemberg in Saxony' by J[ohann] F[riedrich] Weidler1736
EL/W4/22Observations of the aurora borealis and the movements of Venus and Saturn by Johann Weidler1736
EL/W4/10Translation of observations of parhelia witnessed at Wittenberg in Saxony on 31 December 1735 and 11 January 1736 by Johann Weidler1736
CLP/8ii/17Paper, 'Observatio eclipsis lunae totalis anno 1729' [Observations of the total lunar eclipse of 1729] by J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler1729
EL/W4/11aTranslation of a letter, from Johann Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Wittemberg1737
L&P/1/300Paper, 'Of the antiquity of figures' by Johann Friedrich Weidler1744
EL/W4/11Letter, from Johann Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer25 October 1736
CLP/22ii/39Paper, Account of 'Observationes meteorologicae et astronomicae... [Meteorological and astronomical observations]' by [Johann Friedrich] Weidler1730
EC/1732/05Weidler, Johann Friedrich: certificate of election to the Royal Society9 November 1732
CLP/4ii/10Paper, scheme of the solar eclipse by J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler2 May 1733
CLP/8ii/29Paper, 'Typus eclipsis solaris observatae July 1730' [A type of solar eclipse observed on 15 July 1730 at Witteberg by J [Johann Friedrich] Weidler1730
CLP/4ii/13Paper, description of the aurora borealis at Wittemberg [Germany] by Johann F [Freidrich] Weidler18 February 1732
CLP/4ii/8Paper, 'Of the phaenomena of the northern lights observed for some months past at Wittenberg [Germany] taken from his meteorological journal' by J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler1 December 1731
EL/W4/14Translation of a letter, from Johann Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Wittemberg1736
EL/W4/13Letter, from Johann Weidler to Hans Sloane, dated at Wittemberg11 December 1732
CLP/8ii/29/2Diagram, 'Typus eclipsis solaris observatae July 1730' [A type of solar eclipse observed on 15 July 1730 at Witteberg by J [Johann Friedrich] Weidler1730
EL/W4/19Account of astronomical observations by Johann Weidler1735
CLP/8ii/29/1Manuscript, 'Typus eclipsis solaris observatae July 1730' [A type of solar eclipse observed on 15 July 1730 at Witteberg by J [Johann Friedrich] Weidler1730
RBO/14/106'An account of a Treatise intitled: Jo Frider Weidleri Observationes meteorologicae et Astronomicae Annorum 1728 et 1729' by William Rutty1729
RBO/21/48Account of a tract by J Weidler on the parhelia (mock suns) witnessed at Wittemberg1738
EL/W3/154Extract of letters from Johann Friedrich Weidler to Dr [Johann Georg] Steigertahl1732
EL/W4/3Translation of a letter, from Johann Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Wittemberg1738
EL/W4/8Translation of a letter, from Johann Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Wittemberg1736
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