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  title info:
    title: Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century
    sub title: How America's Perception of the Skies Changed
  name:
    name part: Cottam, Stella.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Orchiston, Wayne.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 336 p. 240 illus., 83 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: 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 they were in Europe, this public interest and support provided the growing scientific community in the United States with the platform they needed to advance the field of astronomy in the United States. Earlier in the 19th century comets, meteors and the discovery of the planet Neptune were all sources of inspiration to the general public. The specific events to be considered here are the total solar eclipses of 1868, 1869 and 1878 and the transits of Venus of 1874 and 1882. The available media responded to public interest as well as generating more interest. These events laid the groundwork that led to today's thriving network of American amateur astronomers, and provide a fascinating look at earlier conceptions of the stars.
  table of contents: 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.
  note: by Stella Cottam, Wayne Orchiston.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Observations, Astronomical
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
    topic: Observations
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
  subject:
    topic: History of Science
  subject:
    topic: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
  classification: QB4
  classification: 520
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 406
  identifier: 9783319083414
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08341-4
  record info:
    record creation date: 140916
    record change date: 20151031021056.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-08341-4