Observations Of The Apparent Distances And Positions Of 380 Double And Triple Stars Made In The Years 1821 1822 And 1823 And Compared With Those Of Other Astronomers Together With An Account Of Such Changes Also A Description Of A Five Feet Equatorial Instrument Employed In The Observations By Jfw Herschel And James South
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Observations of the Apparent Distances & Positions of 380 Double & Triple Stars, Made in the Years 1821, 1822, & 1823, & Compared with Those of Other Astronomers...
Author | : John Frederick William Herschel |
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Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1825 |
Genre | : Double stars |
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John Herschel's Cape Voyage
Author | : Steven Ruskin |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2017-09-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351925156 |
In 1833 John Herschel sailed from London to Cape Town, southern Africa, to undertake (at his own expense) an astronomical exploration of the southern heavens, as well as a terrestrial exploration of the area around Cape Town. After his return to England in 1838, and as a result of his voyage, he was highly esteemed and became Britain's most recognized man of science. In 1847 his southern hemisphere astronomical observations were published as the Cape Results. The main argument of Ruskin's book is that Herschel's voyage and the publication of the Cape Results, in addition to their contemporary scientific importance, were also significant for nineteenth-century culture and politics. In this book it is demonstrated that the reason for Herschel's widespread cultural renown was the popular notion that his voyage to the Cape was a project aligned with the imperial ambitions of the British government. By leaving England for one of its colonies, and pursuing there a significant scientific project, Herschel was seen in the same light as other British men of science (like James Cook and Richard Lander) who had also undertaken voyages of exploration and discovery at the behest of their nation. It is then demonstrated that the production of the Cape Results, in part because of Herschel's status as Britain's scientific figurehead, was a significant political event. Herschel's decision to journey to the Cape for the purpose of surveying the southern heavens was of great significance to almost all of Britain and much of the continent. It is the purpose of this book to make a case for the scientific, cultural, and political significance of Herschel's Cape voyage and astronomical observations, as a means of demonstrating the relationship of scientific practice to broader aspects of imperial culture and politics in the nineteenth century.
Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1800-1900): ser. 1 , 1800-1863
Author | : Royal Society (Great Britain) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1022 |
Release | : 1869 |
Genre | : Learned institutions and societies |
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Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Author | : Royal Society (Great Britain) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1833 |
Genre | : Electronic journals |
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Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900
Author | : Royal Society (Great Britain) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1024 |
Release | : 1869 |
Genre | : Classification |
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