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What did Benjamin Banneker do before he died?

Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 - October 9, 1806) was a free African American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and farmer.


Benjamin bannker What is his father job?

yes his father had a job as a slave before Benjamin Banneker mother bought his father


What Benjamin Banneker do before he made the clock?

Because they were tired of unseeing the complex sun dial


When was Mars discovered by telescope?

Mars was discovered long before telescopes were invented. It is one of the classical planets, discovered in ancient times.


What did Benjaimn Banneker do before he die?

he ate chicken


What was the first used to discover Neptune?

No, the Sun, moon and inner planets were discovered well before Neptune.


How many planets were there before 1850?

All of the planets that exist now presumably already existed a mere 160 years ago, and none presumably have been destroyed since then. All of the planets out to Neptune were known by 1846, and the only major solar-system body discovered since then was Pluto, discovered in 1930.


Who discovered that planets orbit the sun?

The idea that planets orbited the Sun had been thought of many times before, but it was not until the 17th century that this idea was actually supported by evidence from the first telescopic observations of Galileo Galilei.


How did people views of earths as a planet change during the renaissance?

Before the Renaissance, people believed the planets and the sun revolved around the Earth. During the Renaissance, Copernicus discovered and that the Earth and the planets revolved around the sun.


Can you see any planets from earth with a telescope?

Yes, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn had been discovered several millennia before the invention of the telescope.


Who is Benjamin Banneker?

Benjamin Banneker was an African-American who planned to build the state capital. And also he predicted the solar eclipse. Benjamin Baneker was born in Maryland in 1731 and died 1806.His real name was Benjamin Bannaky, but when he joined a Quaker school as a boy, his teacher changed the way his name was spelled. When he got older, he became interested in a pocketwatch his neighbor owned. Benjamin borrowed the pocketwatch from his neighbor and took it apart and studied all the pieces. Benjamin began carving out all the pieces and made his very own clock. Benjamin's clock was so well made that it worked precisely for 40 years. He also was an amateur astronomer. Benjamin Banneker made the first almanac in the United States. He was also an inventor, writer, mathematician, and he was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as his adviser to help him build Monticello.


What significance did Isaac Newton have on the Planets?

None of the planets ever cared whether Newton was even alive. To them, he had no significance or influence whatsoever. But he did write the first formula for the force of gravity, and it explained almost exactly why the planets move the way they do.