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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse : astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York : [Dublin] :
Manchester University Press ; Royal Dublin Society,
2014.
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| Colección: | Science and Irish culture series ;
no. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Charles Mollan
- Succesion of the Parsons family at Birr
- History of the Parsons family and Birr Castle / The Earl and Countess of Rosse
- Origin of the 3rd Earl's interest in astronomy / Trevor Weekes
- Mary, Countess of Rosse (1813-85) / Daniel McDowell; Alison, Countess of Rosse ; David Davison
- William Parsons' influence on the town and community of Birr / Margaret Hogan
- Negotiating 'a difficult sectarian terrain': the public life and political opinions of the 3rd Earl of Rosse / Andrew Shields
- A consummate engineer / Charles Mollan
- Birr Castle observations of non-stellar objects and the development of nebular theories / Wolfgang Steinicke
- William Parsons and the Irish nineteenth-century tradition of independent astronomical research / Allan Chapman
- 'A presiding influence': the relations of the 3rd Earl of Rosse with scientific institutions in Britain and Ireland / Simon Schaffer
- The 3rd Earl of Rosse: an assessment / Trevor Weeks.