Eclipses, transits, and comets of the nineteenth century how America's perception of the skies changed
Grabbing the attention of poets, politicians and the general public alike, a series of spectacular astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy than ever before. At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in the United States as...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2015
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| Colección: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library (Springer) ;
406 |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Historical Overview- The United States and Astronomy Until the 1860S
- Scientific Overview
- Popular Astronomy and the Solar Eclipses of 1868, 1869 and 1878
- Popular Astronomy and the Transits of Venus of 1874 and 1882
- Discussion
- Concluding Remarks
- References.
