--- title: "3 Jean Sylvain Bailly Quotes - Famous Astronomer" description: "French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader (1736-1793)... | Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_add_that-which-the-sciences-can-add-to-the-p_634607.jpg" --- # Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736–1793) Astronomer **3** quotes in **60** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jean Sylvain Bailly was an astronomer. ## Quick Facts About Jean Sylvain Bailly Born September 15, 1736 Died November 12, 1793 Profession Astronomer ## About Jean Sylvain Bailly French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader (1736-1793)... \| Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror. ## Quotes by Jean Sylvain Bailly > [That which the sciences can add to the privileges of the human race has never been more marked than at the present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-sylvain-bailly/that-which-the-sciences-can-add-to-the-privileges-of-the-human-race/) Jean Sylvain Bailly [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_add_that-which-the-sciences-can-add-to-the-p_634607.jpg) > [It is interesting to transport one's self back to the times when Astronomy began; to observe how discoveries were connected together, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-sylvain-bailly/it-is-interesting-to-transport-one-s-self-back-to-the-times-when/) Jean Sylvain Bailly [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_astronomy_it-is-interesting-to-transport-one-s-sel_927165.jpg) > [The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-sylvain-bailly/the-motion-of-the-stars-calculated-by-the-hindus-before-some-4500/) Jean Sylvain Bailly [Alexandria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alexandria/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_alexandria_the-motion-of-the-stars-calculated-by-th_2165021.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-sylvain-bailly/#itemlist", "name": "Jean Sylvain Bailly Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That which the sciences can add to the privileges of the human race has never been more marked than at the present moment. ... The air seems to become as accessible to him as the waters… The name of Montgolfier, the names of those hardy navigators of the new element, will live through time; but who among us, on seeing these superb experiments, has not felt his soul elevated, his ideas expanded, his mind enlarged?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Sylvain Bailly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-sylvain-bailly/that-which-the-sciences-can-add-to-the-privileges-of-the-human-race/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_add_that-which-the-sciences-can-add-to-the-p_634607.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_add_that-which-the-sciences-can-add-to-the-p_634607.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_add_that-which-the-sciences-can-add-to-the-p_634607.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That which the sciences can add to the privileges of the human race has never been more marked than at the…” — Jean Sylvain Bailly", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is interesting to transport one's self back to the times when Astronomy began; to observe how discoveries were connected together, how errors have got mixed up with truth, have delayed the knowledge of it, and retarded its progress; and, after having followed the various epochs and traversed every climate, finally to contemplate the edifice founded on the labours of successive centuries and of various nations.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Sylvain Bailly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-sylvain-bailly/it-is-interesting-to-transport-one-s-self-back-to-the-times-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_astronomy_it-is-interesting-to-transport-one-s-sel_927165.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_astronomy_it-is-interesting-to-transport-one-s-sel_927165.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/jean-sylvain-bailly-86612_astronomy_it-is-interesting-to-transport-one-s-sel_927165.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is interesting to transport one's self back to the times when Astronomy began; to observe how discoveries…” — Jean Sylvain Bailly", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables of Cassine and Meyer (used in the 19-th century). The Indian tables give the same annual variation of the moon as the discovered by Tycho Brahe - a variation unknown to the school of Alexandria and also to the Arabs who followed the calculations of the school ... 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