Talk:Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

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Tycho

Delambre contributed to the remarks about Ptolemy made by Tycho. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.170.8 (talk) 10:23, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adrien-Marie Legendre

I am just wondering why M. Legendre appears in this article when neither Delambre nor any other member of the expedition appears in the Legendre article. I would be grateful for any elucidation OsmNacht (talk) 15:07, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The quick answer is that the articles were written at different times by different people with little (probably zero) coordination. Another thing to consider is that Delambre's geodesic work was a major aspect of his career, whereas Legendre is much better known for other things. I'm sure both articles can be improved and you should feel to do so. cffk (talk) 15:52, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

how many of these names should be hyphenated?

French Wikipedia renders the name Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre (which to me implies Jean-Baptiste as a first name, Joseph as a middle name), but Mac Tutor and Britannica both say Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre (which to me implies all 3 are part of the first name). Does anyone know more authoritatively how many of these should be considered part of the given name vs. middle name(s), and how it should be hyphenated? –jacobolus (t) 04:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This page of Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne has "J.-B.-J. Delambre", as does the title page of Grandeur et figure de la terre, which implies all three names should be hyphenated. But I also saw another book with "J. B. J. Delambre" on the title page. Confusing. The source for the French Wikipedia hyphenation seems to be this Lithograph by Boilly (made a couple years before Delambre’s death, but depicting him much younger) which says "LE CHEVALIER DELAMBRE, (Jean-Baptiste, Joseph.)" at the bottom. –jacobolus (t) 05:25, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

According to the originals from 1799 and 1806, listed under Works, his first names don't need to be hyphenated.Taksen (talk) 05:56, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You mean the title page of Méthodes analytiques pour la détermination d'un arc du méridien, which has "J. B. J. Delambre" on it? –jacobolus (t) 06:16, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ken Alder's book The Measure of all Things also uses Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre throughout, as does the English Cyclopaedia (1856) while the Dictionary of Scientific Biography says Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre. –jacobolus (t) 06:35, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]