William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse : Astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland
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| Autore: |
Mollan R. Charles
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| Titolo: |
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse : Astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
| Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020 | |
| ©2015 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 520.92 |
| Soggetto topico: | Astronomers |
| Altri autori: | MollanR. C (R. Charles) |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse |
| ISBN: | 9781526101938 |
| 1526101939 | |
| 9781526101921 | |
| 1526101920 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910963941703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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