Author: Sherburne Wesley BurnhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Double stars
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
A General Catalogue of 1290 Double Stars Discovered from 1871 to 1899 by S.W. Burnham
Author: Sherburne Wesley BurnhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Double stars
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Double-star Astronomy: Containing the History of Double-star Work
Author: Thomas Crompton LewisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Double stars
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Author: Astronomical Society of the PacificPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy
Author: Neil EnglishPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319977075
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
The invention of the telescope at the dawning of the 17th century has revolutionized humanity's understanding of the Universe and our place within it. This book traces the development of the telescope over four centuries, as well as the many personalities who used it to uncover brand-new revelations about the Sun, Moon, planets, stars and distant galaxies. Starting with early observers such as Thomas Harriot, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Robert Hooke and Christian Huygens, the book explores how these early observers arrived at essentially correct ideas concerning the objects they studied. Moving into the 18th and 19th centuries, the author describes the increasing sophistication of telescopes both large and small, and the celebrated figures who used them so productively, including the Herschels, Charles Messier, William Lassell and the Earls of Rosse. Many great discoveries were also made with smaller instruments when placed in the capable hands of the Struve dynasty, F.W. Bessel, Angelo Secchi and S.W Burnham, to name but a few. Nor were all great observers of professional ilk. The book explores the contributions made by the 'clerical astronomers,' William Rutter Dawes, Thomas William Webb, T.E.R Philips and T.H.E.C Espin, as well as the lonely vigils of E.E. Barnard, William F. Denning and Charles Grover. And in the 20th century, the work of Percival Lowell, Leslie Peltier, Eugene M. Antoniadi, Clyde Tombaugh, Walter Scott Houston, David H. Levy and Sir Patrick Moore is fully explored. Generously illustrated throughout, this treasure trove of astronomical history shows how each observer's work led to seminal developments in science, and providing key insights into how we go about exploring the heavens today.
The President's Report
Author: University of ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
1897/98 includes summaries for 1891 to 1897.
The Astrophysical Journal
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Astrophysics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
"Letters to the Editor" issued as Part 2 and separately paged from v. 148, 1967.
University Record
Author: University of ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1895- 1902: General works. Philosophy. Religion. Sociology. Philology. Natural Science. Useful Arts
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
Book Description
The American Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
Measures of Double Stars with the 40-inch Refractor of the Yerkes Observatory in 1900 and 1901
Author: Sherburne Wesley BurnhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Double stars
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description