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Kew Observatory & the evolution of Victorian science, 1840-1910 /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, PA. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |