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Download or read book Aedes Hartwellianae written by Smyth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astronomer John Lee (1783-66) inherited Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire in 1827. During its colourful history, the mansion had notably been occupied between 1809 and 1814 by the exiled court of Louis XVIII. Lee turned the house into something of a museum for his antiquarian and scientific interests, constructing an observatory to the design of the his close friend William Henry Smyth (1788-1865), after whom Lee named a lunar sea. A naval officer, Smyth had helped to found the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. His Sidereal Chromatics (1864) and The Sailor's Word-Book (1867) are also reissued in this series. This charming history and description of Hartwell, its grounds, buildings and contents, appeared in two volumes between 1851 and 1864, illuminating especially the practice of contemporary astronomy. Illustrated throughout, the first volume (1851) includes coverage relating to the locality, the lords of the manor, the collected antiquities and the observatory.
Book Synopsis Aedes Hartwellianae by : William Henry Smyth
Download or read book Aedes Hartwellianae written by William Henry Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae by : William Henry Smyth
Download or read book Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae written by William Henry Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Aedes Hartwellianae, Or, Notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell by : William Henry Smyth
Download or read book Aedes Hartwellianae, Or, Notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell written by William Henry Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogus Van de Boeken Op 1 Januari 1877 Aanwezig in de Bibliotheek Der Sterrenwacht Te Leiden. Uitg. Door H.G.v.d. Sande Bakhuyzen by : Sterrewacht Leiden. Bibliotheek
Download or read book Catalogus Van de Boeken Op 1 Januari 1877 Aanwezig in de Bibliotheek Der Sterrenwacht Te Leiden. Uitg. Door H.G.v.d. Sande Bakhuyzen written by Sterrewacht Leiden. Bibliotheek and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis General Catalogue (no. 293) by : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Download or read book General Catalogue (no. 293) written by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Unravelling Starlight by : Barbara J. Becker
Download or read book Unravelling Starlight written by Barbara J. Becker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging traditional accounts of the origins of astrophysics, this book presents the first scholarly biography of nineteenth-century English amateur astronomer William Huggins (1824–1910). A pioneer in adapting the spectroscope to new astronomical purposes, William Huggins rose to scientific prominence in London and transformed professional astronomy to become a principal founder of the new science of astrophysics. The author re-examines his life and career, exploring unpublished notebooks, correspondence and research projects to expose the boldness of this scientific entrepreneur. While Sir William Huggins is the main focus of the book, the involvement of Lady Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848–1915) in her husband's research is examined, where it may have been previously overlooked or obscured. Written in an engaging style, this book has broad appeal and will be valuable to scientists, students and anyone interested in the history of astronomy.
Book Synopsis "Material Cultures, 1740?920 " by : Alla Myzelev
Download or read book "Material Cultures, 1740?920 " written by Alla Myzelev and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interweaving notions of identity and subjectivity, spatial contexts, materiality and meaning, this collection makes a significant contribution to debates around the status and interpretation of visual and material culture. Material Cultures, 1740-1920 has four primary theoretical and historiographic lines of inquiry. The first is how concepts of otherness and difference inform, imbricate, and impose themselves on identity and the modes of acquisition as well as the objects themselves. The second concern explores the intricacies of how objects and their subjects negotiate and represent spatial narratives. The third thread attempts to unravel the ideological underpinnings of collections of individuals which inevitably and invariably rub up against the social, the institutional, and the political. Finally, at the heart of Material Cultures, 1740-1920 is an intervention moving beyond the disciplinary ethos of material culture to argue more firmly for the aesthetic, visual, and semiotic potency inseparable from any understanding of material objects integral to the lives of their collecting subjects. The collection argues that objects are semiotic conduits or signs of meanings, pleasures, and desires that are deeply subjective; more often than not, they reveal racial, gendered, and sexual identities. As the volume demonstrates through its various case studies, material and visual cultures are not as separate as our current disciplinary ethos would lead us to believe.
Download or read book Museums Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.
Download or read book The Museums Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.
Book Synopsis Apples and Orchards since the Eighteenth Century by : Joanna Crosby
Download or read book Apples and Orchards since the Eighteenth Century written by Joanna Crosby and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showing how the history of the apple goes far beyond the orchard and into the social, cultural and technological developments of Britain and the USA, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach to reveal the importance of the apple as a symbol of both tradition and innovation. From the 18th century in Britain, technology innovation in fruit production and orchard management resulted in new varieties of apples being cultivated and consumed, while the orchard became a representation of stability. In America orchards were contested spaces, as planting seedling apple trees allowed settlers to lay a claim to land. In this book Joanna Crosby explores how apples and orchards have reflected the social, economic and cultural landscape of their times. From the association between English apples and 'English' virtues of plain speaking, hard work and resultant high-quality produce, to practices of wassailing highlighting the effects of urbanisation and the decline of country ways and customs, Apples and Orchards from the Eighteenth Century shows how this everyday fruit provides rich insights into a time of significant social change.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Free Public Library, Sydney, 1876. Reference Department by : Free Public Library (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Free Public Library, Sydney, 1876. Reference Department written by Free Public Library (Sydney, N.S.W.) and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Genealogical and Historical Library of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York by : National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York
Download or read book Catalogue of the Genealogical and Historical Library of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York written by National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities by : British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Download or read book A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities written by British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy by : Mary Brück
Download or read book Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy written by Mary Brück and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-25 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Careers in astronomy for women (as in other sciences) were a rarity in Britain and Ireland until well into the twentieth century. The book investigates the place of women in astronomy before that era, recounted in the form of biographies of about 25 women born between 1650 and 1900 who in varying capacities contributed to its progress during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There are some famous names among them whose biographies have been written before now, there are others who have received less than their due recognition while many more occupied inconspicuous and sometimes thankless places as assistants to male family members. All deserve to be remembered as interesting individuals in an earlier opportunity-poor age. Placed in roughly chronological order, their lives constitute a sample thread in the story of female entry into the male world of science. The book is aimed at astronomers, amateur astronomers, historians of science, and promoters of women in science, but being written in non-technical language it is intended to be of interest also to educated readers generally.
Book Synopsis The Haunted Observatory by : Richard Baum
Download or read book The Haunted Observatory written by Richard Baum and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many centuries observers of the night sky interpreted the moving planets and the surrounding starry realms in terms of concentric crystalline spheres, in the center of which hung the Earth -- the hub of creation. But with the discoveries of Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton, astronomers were suddenly struck by a momentous truth: the solar system was neither small nor intimate, but extended an unfathomable distance toward countless even more distant stars. The endless possibilities of these astounding developments fired scientists'' imaginations, leading both to further discoveries and to flights of fancy. While newly discovered facts are important and interesting, the quaint curiosities and spectral "ghosts" that led scientists astray have a fascination of their own. This is the subject of astronomer Richard Baum in this elegant narrative about the mysteries and wonders of celestial exploration. The fabled "mountains of Venus," a "city in the moon," ghostly rings around Uranus and Neptune, bright inexplicable objects seen near the sun, and the truth behind Coleridge''s "Star dogged Moon" in his famous poem about the Ancient Mariner -- these are just some of the intriguing twists and turns that astronomers took while investigating our starry neighbors. Baum vividly conveys the romance of astronomy at a time when the vistas of outer space were a new frontier and astronomers, guided only by imagination and analogy, set forth on uncharted seas and were haunted for a lifetime by marvels both seen and imagined.
Download or read book The Astrophysical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Letters to the Editor" issued as Part 2 of each number and separately paged from v. 148, 1967.
