Author: John Lloyd (LL.D.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Bibliotheca Llwydiana. A catalogue of the entire library ... and philosophical apparatus, late the property of John Lloyd ... which will be sold by auction
Author: John Lloyd (LL.D.)Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: National Library of Wales Journal
Author: National Library of WalesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales
Author: National Library of WalesPublisher:
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Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Author: Catalog o lyfrau Cymraeg a llyfrau a argraffwyd yng Nghymru, 1546-1820
Author: Eiluned ReesPublisher: Aberystwyth : National Library of Wales
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : cy
Pages : 540
Book Description
The Golden Age of English Horology
Author: Richard GarnierPublisher:
ISBN: 9780993202001
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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The Victorian Amateur Astronomer
Author: Allan ChapmanPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
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. It also examines the relationship between the amateur and professional in Britain. It contains a wealth of previously unpublished biographical and anecdotal material, and an extended bibliography with notes incorporating much new scholarship. In The Victorian Amateur Astronomer, Allan Chapman 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 discussions, 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, scientific instrument makers, and amateur astronomers.
British University Observatories, 1772-1939
Author: Roger HutchinsPublisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754632504
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
This is the first full history of the six university observatories that undertook research before World War II - Oxford, Dunsink, Cambridge, Durham, Glasgow and London - and their struggle to evolve in the middle ground between the royal or government observatories, and those of the 'Grand Amateurs'. The book will intrigue anyone interested in the history of astronomy, of telescopes, of patronage networks, of scientific institutions, and of the history of universities.
Scientific Dialogues
Author: Jeremiah JoycePublisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description