Author: John Nichols (F.S.A., Printer.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century; Comprising Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ...
Author: John Nichols (F.S.A., Printer.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Pages : 746
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Literary Anecdotes Of The Eighteenth Century; Comprizing Biographical Memoirs Of William Bowyer ... And Many Of His Learned Friends
Author: John Nichols
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Obituaries and Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1830-2003
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Category : Scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century; Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom During Thelast Century; and Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artist; with a Very Copious Index. By John Nichols ... In Six Volumes. Volume 1. [- 9.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Pages : 746
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Bibliography of the History of Medicine
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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British University Observatories 1772–1939
Author: Roger Hutchins
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351954520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
British University Observatories fills a gap in the historiography of British astronomy by offering the histories of observatories identified as a group by their shared characteristics. The first full histories of the Oxford and Cambridge observatories are here central to an explanatory history of each of the six that undertook research before World War II - Oxford, Dunsink, Cambridge, Durham, Glasgow and London. Each struggled to evolve in the middle ground between the royal observatories and those of the 'Grand Amateurs' in the nineteenth century. Fundamental issues are how and why astronomy came into the universities, how research was reconciled with teaching, lack of endowment, and response to the challenge of astrophysics. One organizing theme is the central importance of the individual professor-directors in determining the fortunes of these observatories, the community of assistants, and their role in institutional politics sometimes of the murkiest kind, patronage networks and discipline shaping coteries. The use of many primary sources illustrates personal motivations and experience. This book will intrigue anyone interested in the history of astronomy, of telescopes, of scientific institutions, and of the history of universities. The history of each individual observatory can easily be followed from foundation to 1939, or compared to experience elsewhere across the period. Astronomy is competitive and international, and the British experience is contextualised by comparison for the first time to those in Germany, France, Italy and the USA.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351954520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
British University Observatories fills a gap in the historiography of British astronomy by offering the histories of observatories identified as a group by their shared characteristics. The first full histories of the Oxford and Cambridge observatories are here central to an explanatory history of each of the six that undertook research before World War II - Oxford, Dunsink, Cambridge, Durham, Glasgow and London. Each struggled to evolve in the middle ground between the royal observatories and those of the 'Grand Amateurs' in the nineteenth century. Fundamental issues are how and why astronomy came into the universities, how research was reconciled with teaching, lack of endowment, and response to the challenge of astrophysics. One organizing theme is the central importance of the individual professor-directors in determining the fortunes of these observatories, the community of assistants, and their role in institutional politics sometimes of the murkiest kind, patronage networks and discipline shaping coteries. The use of many primary sources illustrates personal motivations and experience. This book will intrigue anyone interested in the history of astronomy, of telescopes, of scientific institutions, and of the history of universities. The history of each individual observatory can easily be followed from foundation to 1939, or compared to experience elsewhere across the period. Astronomy is competitive and international, and the British experience is contextualised by comparison for the first time to those in Germany, France, Italy and the USA.
Biographical Memoirs
Author: National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030903938X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Biographic Memoirs: Volume 58 contains short biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030903938X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
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Biographic Memoirs: Volume 58 contains short biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century
Author: John Nichols
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows
Author: National Institute of Sciences of India
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Category : Scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Category : Scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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