01131nam0 22002771i 450 UON0000767320231205101918.65701-956275-8-X20020107d1992 |0itac50 baengIN|||| 1||||ˆAn ‰"Agreed" Frontier: Ladakh and India's Northernmost Borders, 1846-1947Parshotam MehraDelhiOxford University Press1992xii, 248 p.22 cmTIBET (LADAKH)STORIAUONC008604FIINNew DelhiUONL000110SI IV BSUBCONT. INDIANO - STORIA MODERNA (1526-1947)AMEHRAParshotamUONV007566638629Oxford University PressUONV245947650ITSOL20240220RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00007673SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI SI IV B 559 N SI SA 75012 7 559 N "Agreed" Frontier: Ladakh and India's Northernmost Borders, 1846-19471177137UNIOR03700oam 22006854a 450 991096394170332120240501132331.0978152610193815261019399781526101921152610192010.7765/9781526101921(CKB)3710000000529315(SSID)ssj0001590116(PQKBManifestationID)16284665(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001590116(PQKBWorkID)13298311(PQKB)10171152(MiAaPQ)EBC4706212(OCoLC)960166230(MdBmJHUP)muse78072(DE-B1597)659195(DE-B1597)9781526101921(Perlego)1525762(EXLCZ)99371000000052931520161112d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrWilliam Parsons, 3rd Earl of RosseAstronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland1st ed.Oxford :Manchester University Press,2015.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2020©2015.1 online resource (391 pages) illustrationsRoyal Dublin society--Science and Irish culture series William Parsons, 3rd Earl of RosseBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781784993726 1784993727 9780719091445 0719091446 Includes bibliographical references and index.FIVE: Negotiating 'a difficult sectarian terrain': the public life and political opinions of the 3rd Earl of RosseSIX: A consummate engineer; SEVEN: Birr Castle observations of non-stellar objects and the development of nebular theories; EIGHT: William Parsons and the Irish nineteenth-century tradition of independent astronomical research; NINE: 'A presiding influence': the relations of the 3rd Earl of Rosse with scientific institutions in Britain and Ireland; TEN: The 3rd Earl of Rosse: an assessment; Select bibliography; Index.WILLIAM PARSONS, 3RD EARL OF ROSSE: Astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Preface: why this book?; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Succession of the Parsons family at Birr; ONE: History of the Parsons family1 and Birr Castle; TWO: Origin of the 3rd Earl's interest in astronomy; THREE: Mary, Countess of Rosse (1813-85); FOUR: William Parsons' influence on the town and community of Birr.This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enormous telescopes in the cloudy middle of Ireland. The book gives details, in an attractive non-technical style which requires no previous scientific knowledge, of his engineering initiatives and the astronomical results, but also reveals much more about the man and his contributions - locally in the.Astronomersfast(OCoLC)fst00819629AstronomersAstronomers.Astronomers.520.92Mollan R. Charles1242901Mollan R. C(R. Charles)1242901MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910963941703321William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse4368793UNINA