Author: University of Oxford. Observatory
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Miscellaneous Papers of the University Observatory, Oxford
Author: University of Oxford. Observatory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Miscellaneous Papers
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Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Miscellaneous Papers of the University Observatory, Oxford
Author: University of Oxford. Observatory
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Miscellaneous Papers of the University Observatory, Oxford
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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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.
Notices of the Proceedings
Author: Royal Institution of Great Britain
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 938
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 938
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The Observatory
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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"A review of astronomy" (varies).
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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"A review of astronomy" (varies).
Classified List of 4800 Serials
Author: Dorothy Hale Litchfield
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512803766
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A listing of periodicals, serials, and continuation publications subscribed to by four leading American educational institutions, arranged in thirty-one classified subjects, elaborately indexed and provided with cross-references.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512803766
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A listing of periodicals, serials, and continuation publications subscribed to by four leading American educational institutions, arranged in thirty-one classified subjects, elaborately indexed and provided with cross-references.
A Classified Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author: Wesley, William, & son, London
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Results of Meteorological & Magnetical Observations with Report and Notes of the Director ...
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Category : Atmospheric pressure
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Category : Atmospheric pressure
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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