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Discovered in the 1830s by Adolphe Quetelet of the Brussels Observatory and named after an obsolete constellation, the Quadrantid meteor shower occurs regularly, every time our planet passes through the narrow trail of debris left by an asteroid called 2003 EH1.
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It was invented in the mid 1800's by a Belgian mathematician/statistician named Adolphe Quetelet, who was neither a student nor practitioner of human health.
I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing 2009
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Unfortunately, even Quetelet was unable to convince the authorities to sponsor Galeotti's dream of continuing his work with cacti.
Did You Know? Trade in Mexico's cacti grew in the 1840s 2008
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Aparently the BMI, or Quetlet Index, was invented between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian, Adolphe Quetelet.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity Classification: Time to Move Beyond BMI? 2008
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Galeotti had been granted Belgian citizenship in 1843, and appealed for financial help to his friend Adolphe Quetelet, a noted mathematician of the time, who was permanent secretary of the Royal Academy.
Did You Know? Trade in Mexico's cacti grew in the 1840s 2008
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Galeotti had been granted Belgian citizenship in 1843, and appealed for financial help to his friend Adolphe Quetelet, a noted mathematician of the time, who was permanent secretary of the Royal Academy.
Did You Know? Trade in Mexico's cacti grew in the 1840s 2008
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Galeotti had been granted Belgian citizenship in 1843, and appealed for financial help to his friend Adolphe Quetelet, a noted mathematician of the time, who was permanent secretary of the Royal Academy.
Did You Know? Trade in Mexico's cacti grew in the 1840s 2008
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Unfortunately, even Quetelet was unable to convince the authorities to sponsor Galeotti's dream of continuing his work with cacti.
Did You Know? Trade in Mexico's cacti grew in the 1840s 2008
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Unfortunately, even Quetelet was unable to convince the authorities to sponsor Galeotti's dream of continuing his work with cacti.
Did You Know? Trade in Mexico's cacti grew in the 1840s 2008
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He may even be thought to have a prophetic anticipation of the discoveries of Quetelet and others, that numbers depend upon numbers; e.g. — in population, the numbers of births and the respective numbers of children born of either sex, on the respective ages of parents, i.e. on other numbers.
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