Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century How America's Perception of the Skies Changed /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Cottam, Stella (Συγγραφέας), Orchiston, Wayne (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 406
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.