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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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: MacDonald, Lee, 1973- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Pittsburgh, PA. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Collection:Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
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