...he were a novice in the science writing of the masters. Mr. (Geo. W.) Hill, for instance, he records as "the greatest master of mathematical astronomy during the last quarter of the 19th century," who, in the determination of certain actual quantities, "has left every investigator...

...most eminent and interesting man associated with me during this period was Mr. George \V. Hill, who will easily rank as the greatest master of mathematical...astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The only defect of his make-up of which I have reason to complain is the lack of the teaching...

...the Navy to have the salary of a most valuable member of the Xautical Almanac staff, George W. Hill, "greatest master of mathematical astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century," raised from $1200 to $1400. Usually these men ask even for no credit, but the story of the...

...Papers of the American Ephemeris" brought out under Newcomb's guidance as works of classical value. ln this great task he had the good fortune to obtain...astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century." Newcomb's important "Compendinm of Spherical Astronomy," published in 1906, should also be...

...will probably be unknown to many of my readers. But the late Prof. Simon Newcomb said of him that he " will easily rank as the greatest master of mathematical...astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century." 2 Of Prof. Newcomb himself — also a great master in the same subject — Sir Robert Ball...

...of their value. Professor NEWCOMB in his "Reminiscences of an Astronomer" says of Dr. HILL that "he will easily rank as the greatest master of mathematical...astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century." Wedded to his chosen field of labor, he worked, year after year, scarcely known to the public,...

...the Lick Observatory, and he refers to George W. Hill who was his subordinate on the Nautical Almanac as "the greatest master of mathematical astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century." To his contemporaries he was always just and to his subordinates considerate. He took his...

...most eminent and interesting man associated with me during this period was Mr. George W. Hill, who will easily rank as the greatest master of mathematical...astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. * * * The part assigned to Hill was about the most difficult in the whole work — the theory...

...Hill in the extensive international recognition of his eminence. In 1903 Newcomb wrote that Hill would "easily rank as the greatest master of mathematical...astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century." ln 1903 mathematicians also voted that EH Moore was the leading mathematician of the United...

...York, 16 April 1914), mathematical astronomy. In the opinion of Simon Newcomb, Hill was destined to rank "as the greatest master of mathematical astronomy during the last quarter of the nineteenth century." In 1903 Hill was ranked second after EH Moore by the leading mathematicians in the United...