Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope 1820¿1831 - hardcover

EAN (ISBN-13): 9780792335276
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0792335279
Hardcover
Publishing year: 1995
Publisher: Springer
256 Pages
Weight: 0,549 kg
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 0792335279

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Author: Brian Warner
Title: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope 1820–1831 - The Founding of a Colonial Observatory Incorporating a biography of Fearon Fallows
Publisher: Springer; Springer Netherland
240 Pages
Publishing year: 1995-06-30
Dordrecht; NL
Language: English
106,99 € (DE)
109,99 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
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BB; Hardcover, Softcover / Physik, Astronomie/Astronomie; Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Ausrüstungen und Methoden; Verstehen; 19th century; aspects of life; astronomy; illustration; instruments; observatory; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; History; Geschichte; Geschichtsschreibung, Historiographie; BC

1: From Cockermouth to the Cape Via Cambridge.- The Origins of the Royal Observatory, CGH.- The Young Fallows.- Cambridge Undergraduate.- Religious Orders.- A Cambridge Career.- Mathematical Reform.- Astronomy at Cambridge.- The Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Society.- Preparations for Departure.- 2: Cape Residence.- Voyage to the Cape.- Initial Impressions.- The Temporary Observatories.- The Catalogue of Southern Stars.- A Proposed Time Service.- The Search for a Suitable Site.- Lacaille’s Observatory.- Fallows’s Personal Life.- Financial Arrangements.- George Thompson.- Captain Owen and the Longitude of the Cape.- Minor Publications.- Observations of Eclipses.- The Assistants.- Diversions.- 3: Birth of the Observatory.- Land Acquisition: 1823–24.- The Plan Delayed.- The Architect.- The Architecture.- The First Contract.- John Cannon.- The Meridian Line.- John Skirrow.- The Foundations.- Winter 1825.- The Second Contract.- Synopsis of the Construction.- Security Measures.- Quality Control.- The Chases.- Instrument Piers.- Outhouses.- The Domes.- Fittings and Furniture.- 4: Instrumentation.- The Zenith Sector.- The Mural Circle.- The Transit Instrument.- Transportation to the Observatory.- Captain Ronald.- The Herschel 14-foot Reflector.- Clocks and Chronometers.- 5: Life at the Observatory.- Residential Occupation.- Land Acquisition: 1827–28.- Klerck’s Estate.- Completion of the Instrument Piers.- The Meridian Marks.- The Observatory Well.- Beautifying the Site.- Manuel Johnson and the St. Helena Observatory.- Cambridge University Observatory.- Paramatta Observatory.- The South African Museum.- Miscellaneous Associations.- Ecclesiastical Involvements.- The Observatory and Slavery.- The Cape Wine Trade Committee.- 6: No Bed of Roses.- Response toCriticism.- Threat of Abortion.- Swinging the Pendulum.- Testing the Transit and Mural Instruments.- The Departure of Captain Ronald.- First (and only) Meridian Results.- The Mural Circle: Completion of the Saga.- Final Days.- The Observatory in Limbo.- Mrs. Fallows.- Final Publication.- References.