Kew Observatory and the Evolution of Victorian Science, 1840-1910 /

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Kew Observatory was originally built in 1769 for King George III, a keen amateur astronomer, so that he could observe the transit of Venus. By the mid-nineteenth century, it was a world-leading center for four major sciences: geomagnetism, meteorology, solar physics, and standardization. Long before...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacDonald, Lee, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Meteorology > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Astrophysics > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Science and state > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Observatories > England > London > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Kew Observatory, Victorian science, and the "observatory sciences"
  • A "physical observatory" : Kew, the Royal Society, and the British Association, 1840-1845
  • Survival and expansion : Kew Observatory, the government grant, and standardization, 1845-1859
  • "Solar spot mania," "cosmical physics," and meteorology, 1852-1870
  • Kew Observatory and the Royal Society, 1869-1885
  • Kew Observatory and the origins of the National Physical Laboratory, 1885-1900
  • "An epoch in the history of Kew" : the end of the Victorian Kew Observatory, 1900-1910.

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