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The London Catalogue of Periodicals, Newspapers and Transactions of Various Societies Also a List of Metropolitan Printing Societies and Clubs
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The Shadow of the Telescope
Author: Günther Buttmann
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 0718895274
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Günther Buttman’s The Shadow of the Telescope was the first full-length biography of the nineteenth-century astronomer, Sir John Herschel. First published in German, this intriguing text chronicles the life and works of the third of the Herschel astronomers, the son of William and the nephew of Caroline. John was extremely intelligent, graduating as Senior Wrangler in the notoriously difficult Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge University. While less famous than his father and aunt, he nevertheless went on to make important discoveries in the field of astronomy. He named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus, the planet his father had only recently discovered. Making admirable use of John's unpublished correspondence, diaries, and notebooks, Buttman covers his extensive astronomical observations at Cape Town in South Africa, his pioneering work in photography and in physical optics in Britain, his unhappy experiences as Master of the Mint, and much more.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 0718895274
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Günther Buttman’s The Shadow of the Telescope was the first full-length biography of the nineteenth-century astronomer, Sir John Herschel. First published in German, this intriguing text chronicles the life and works of the third of the Herschel astronomers, the son of William and the nephew of Caroline. John was extremely intelligent, graduating as Senior Wrangler in the notoriously difficult Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge University. While less famous than his father and aunt, he nevertheless went on to make important discoveries in the field of astronomy. He named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus, the planet his father had only recently discovered. Making admirable use of John's unpublished correspondence, diaries, and notebooks, Buttman covers his extensive astronomical observations at Cape Town in South Africa, his pioneering work in photography and in physical optics in Britain, his unhappy experiences as Master of the Mint, and much more.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Pages : 666
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Pages : 666
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Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)
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Pages : 446
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Pages : 446
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Notices of the Proceedings
Author: Royal Institution of Great Britain
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Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Astronomical, Magnetic and Meteorological Observations Made at the United States Naval Observatory
Author: United States Naval Observatory
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Pages : 896
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Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914
Author: Bill Forsythe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134668759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
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This comprehensive collection provides a fascinating summary of the debates on the growth of institutional care during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Revising and revisiting Foucault, it looks at the significance of ethnicity, race and gender as well as the impact of political and cultural factors, throughout Britain and in a colonial context. It questions historically what it means to be mad and how, if at all, to care.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134668759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
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This comprehensive collection provides a fascinating summary of the debates on the growth of institutional care during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Revising and revisiting Foucault, it looks at the significance of ethnicity, race and gender as well as the impact of political and cultural factors, throughout Britain and in a colonial context. It questions historically what it means to be mad and how, if at all, to care.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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Languages : en
Pages : 210
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"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
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Languages : en
Pages : 210
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"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
A Joint Catalogue of the Periodicals, Publications and Transactions of Societies, and Other Books Published at Intervals to be Found in the Various Libraries of the City of Toronto
Author: James BAIN (Chief Librarian, Toronto Public Library, and LANGTON (Hugh Hornby))
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Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Pages : 110
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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Senate
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Pages : 1008
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Pages : 1008
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