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Biography of Percival Lowell
Author | : Abbott Lawrence Lowell |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2020-08-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3752410205 |
Reproduction of the original: Biography of Percival Lowell by Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Percival Lowell
Author | : David Strauss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780674002913 |
Elder brother of Harvard President Lawrence and poet Amy, Percival Lowell is best known as the astronomer who claimed intelligent beings had built canals on Mars. But the Lowell who emerges here was a polymath: not just a self-taught astronomer, but a shrewd investor, skilled photographer, inspired public speaker, and adventure-travel writer.
Mars and Its Canals
Author | : Percival Lowell |
Publisher | : Alpha Edition |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-01-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789356909823 |
Mars and Its Canals, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.
Biography of Percival Lowell
Author | : Abbott Lawrence Lowell |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2020-08-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3752434457 |
Reproduction of the original: Biography of Percival Lowell by Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Percival Lowell's Big Red Car
Author | : William Lowell Putnam |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2002-10-14 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780786412341 |
This is the story of one car--a 1911 Stevens-Duryea Model Y "Big Six"--and its famous owner Percival Lowell, the American astronomer best known for his studies of Mars and mathematical prediction of the discovery of Pluto. The narrative follows the vehicle, a product of Frank Duryea--of the pioneering Duryea brothers--through its time with Lowell and through subsequent owners to its present status as a moving landmark of history. This automobile made its debut in Flagstaff, which was at that time a frontier logging and cow town of Arizona with unpaved streets in what was not yet even one of the United States. It survived the years from 1911 when delivered to Lowell, through his death in 1916, through occasional use until 1938 when it was "abandoned," then through sixty subsequent years of neglect before being restored to its original form and condition and finally returning to Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill overlooking Flagstaff. Many of the important developments in the early history of the gasoline-powered automobile are traced to establish the context in which this remarkable vehicle was created. The community in which the Duryea brothers labored, in short lived teamwork, and their role in the evolution of the automobile industry are discussed. The text also provides an intimate look at the life of one of America's most important astronomers.
Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff
Author | : Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy, Contributions by Annette & Alden Tombaugh, W. Lowell Putnam and S. Alan Stern |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625859791 |
Pluto looms large in Flagstaff, where residents and businesses alike take pride in their community's most enduring claim to fame: Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory. Percival Lowell began searching for his theoretical "Planet X" in 1905, and Tombaugh's "eureka!" experience brought worldwide attention to the city and observatory. Ever since, area scientists have played leading roles in virtually every major Pluto-related discovery, from unknown moons to the existence of an atmosphere and the innovations of the New Horizons spacecraft. Lowell historian Kevin Schindler and astronomer Will Grundy guide you through the story of Pluto from postulation to exploration.