Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger

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Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (15 June 176519 April 1831) was born at Simmozheim, Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen. In 1798, he was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University.

He published: Anleitung zur geographischen Ortsbestimmung, (1795); Astronomie, (1811); and Anfangsgründe der höhern Analysis, (1812).

In 1817, he discovered the gyroscope effect.

The lunar crater Bohnenberger is named after him.

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