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He made his fortune as a beer brewer, which enabled him to indulge his interest in astronomy. He built an observatory near Liverpool with a 24-inch reflector telescope, for which he pioneered the use of an equatorial mount for easy tracking of objects as the earth rotates. He ground and polished the mirror himself, using equipment he constructed himself.

In 1846 he discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, soon after the discovery of Neptune itself. In 1848 he independently co-discovered Hyperion, a moon of SaturnSaturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant, the second-largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter. It was named after the Roman god Saturn. Its symbol is a stylized representation of the god's sickle ( Unicode: ♄). Physical ch. In 1851Events January 23 The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. March 1 Victor Hugo gives speech at the French national assembly and uses the phrase United State he discovered ArielAriel ("AIR ee uhl") is a moon of Uranus discovered in 1851 by William Lassell. Ariel is named after the leading sylph in Alexander Pope's poem Rape of the Lock''. It was discovered at the same time as Umbriel. The name "Ariel" and the names of all four s and UmbrielUmbriel ("UM bree uhl") is a moon of Uranus discovered in 1851 by William Lassell. It was discovered at the same time as Ariel. The name "Umbriel" and the names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the req, two new moons of UranusUranus (pronounced "YOOR--nus", or "yr-AYN-us") is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant and the third largest by diameter. It was named after the Greek god Ouranos. Its symbol is either Unicode ♅ (mostly astrological) or (mostly astro.

When Queen Victoria visited Liverpool in 1851Events January 23 The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. March 1 Victor Hugo gives speech at the French national assembly and uses the phrase United State, Lassell was the only local she specifically requested to meet.

In 1855Events Births January 5 King Camp Gillette, inventor († 1932) January 21 John Moses Browning, inventor († 1926) January 28 William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the calculator († 1898) March 13 Percival Lowell, astronomer († 19, he built a 48-inch telescope, which he installed in MaltaThis article is about the european nation. For other meanings, see this page. The Republic of Malta is an island nation in southern Europe. It consists of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy. These strategically located islands because of the better observing conditions (weather) compared to Britain.

Upon his death, he left a fortune of £80,000 (equivalent of multi-millionaire by today's standards).

He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1849, and served as its president for two years starting in 1870.