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Author : John Louis Emil Dreyer,Herbert Hall Turner,Roger John Tayler
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 0632021756
Author : John Louis Emil Dreyer,H. H. Turner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108068604
Published in 1923, this work surveys the world's oldest astronomical society, with chapters contributed by leading contemporary astronomers.
Author : John Louis Emil Dreyer,Herbert Hall Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 063202173X
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 063202173X
Author : John Louis Emil Dreyer,Herbert Hall Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 0632017929
Author : Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer,Roger John Tayler,Herbert Hall Turner,Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:872238764
Author : J L E 1852-1926 Dreyer,Herbert Hall Turner
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1376986574
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Allan Chapman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1781820104
This is the first book to look in detail at amateur astronomy in Victorian Britain. It deals with the technical issues that were active in Victorian astronomy, and reviews the problems of finance, patronage and the dissemination of scientific ideas, including the relationship between the amateur and the professional in Britain. It contains a wealth of previously unpublished biographical and anecdotal material, and an extended bibliography with notes incorporating much new scholarship. This long-awaited new edition of the Victorian Amateur Astronomer brings Allan Chapman's ground-breaking research on the role of the amateur in the development of astronomy to a new generation. He shows that while on the Continent astronomical research was lavishly supported by the state, in Britain such research was paid for out of the pockets of highly educated, wealthy gentlemen - the so-called 'Grand Amateurs'. It was these powerful individuals who commissioned the telescopes, built the observatories, ran the learned societies, and often stole discoveries from their state-employed colleagues abroad. In addition to the 'Grand Amateurs', Victorian Britain also contained many self-taught amateurs. Although they belonged to no learned societies, these people provide a barometer of the popularity of astronomy in that age. In the late 19th century, the comfortable middle classes - clergymen, lawyers, physicians and retired military officers - took to astronomy as a serious hobby. They formed societies which focused on observation, lectures and discussion, and it was through this medium that women first came to play a significant role in British astronomy. Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students studying the history of science or humanities, professional historians of science, engineering and technology, particularly those with an interest in astronomy, the development of astronomical ideas, and scientific instrument-makers, and amateur astronomers. Allan Chapman is a graduate of the University of Lancaster, and he received his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He holds three honorary doctorates from British universities, and was the 2015 Jackson-Gwilt Medallist of the Royal Astronomical Society. He is the author of eleven other books on the history of science and around 200 articles in international academic journals. He teaches in the Faculty of History at Oxford University, is a Member of
Author : Karen Attar
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783300167
This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.
Author : Jean Eisenstaedt,A.J. Kox
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1992-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0817634797
Among the considerations of the two dozen papers are the reception and development of Einstein's theory of general relativity in various institutions around the world; conceptual issues of the theory, especially themes, concepts, and principles associated with his theory of gravity; a number of tech
Author : Brian Warner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401101394
This book, which has been in the making for some eighteen years, would never have begun were it not for Dr. David Dewhirst in 1976 kindly having shown the author a packet of papers in the archives of the Cambridge Obser vatories. These letters and miscellaneous papers of Fearon Fallows sparked an interest in the history of the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope which, after the diversion of producing several books on later phases of the Observatory, has finally resulted in a detailed study of the origin and first years of the Observatory's life. Publication of this book coincides with the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Observatory, e.G.H. Observatories are built for the use of astronomers. They are built through astronomers, architects, engineers and contractors acting in concert (if not always in harmony). They are constructed, with whatever techniques and skills are available, from bricks, stones and mortar; but their construction may take a toll of personal relationships, patience, and flesh and blood.
Author : Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1820
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : HARVARD:WL119C
Author : Allan Chapman
Publisher : Lion Books
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780745980300
This book will take the story of astronomy on from where Allan Chapman left it in Stargazers, and bring it almost up to date, with the developments and discoveries of the last three centuries. He covers the big names - Halley, Hooke, Herschel, Hubble and Hoyle; and includes the women who pushed astronomy forward, from Caroline Herschel to the Victorian women astronomers. He includes the big discoveries and the huge ideas, from the Milky War, to the Big Bang, the mighty atom, and the question of life on other planets. And he brings in the contributions made in the US, culminating in their race with the USSR to get a man on the moon, before turning to the explosion of interest in astronomy that was pioneered by Sir Patrick Moore and The Sky at Night.
Author : Steven Gullberg,Peter Robertson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031294938
This multidisciplinary work celebrates Wayne Orchiston's career and accomplishments in historical and cultural astronomy on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Over thirty of the world’s leading scholars in astronomy, astrophysics, astronomical history, and cultural astronomy have come together to honor Wayne across a wide range of research topics. These themes include: • Astronomy and Society • Emergence of Astrophysics • History of Radio Astronomy • Solar System • Observatories and Instrumentation • Ethnoastronomy and Archeoastronomy This exceptional collection of essays presents an overview of Wayne’s prolific contributions to the field, along with detailed accounts of the book’s diverse themes. It is a valuable and insightful volume for both researchers and others interested in the fields of historical astronomy and cultural astronomy.
Author : John Lankford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136508349
This Encyclopedia traces the history of the oldest science from the ancient world to the space age in over 300 entries by leading experts.
