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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| Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh, PA. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
2018
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| Series: | Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Kew Observatory, Victorian Science, and the "Observatory Sciences"
- 1. A "Physical Observatory" Kew, the Royal Society, and the British Association, 1840-1845
- 2. Survival and Expansion: Kew Observatory, the Government Grant, and Standardization, 1845-1859
- 3. "Solar Spot Mania," "Cosmical Physics," and Meteorology, 1852-1870
- 4. Kew Observatory and the Royal Society, 1869-1885
- 5. Kew Observatory and the Origins of the National Physical Laboratory, 1885-1900
- 6. "An Epoch in the History of Kew" The End of the Victorian Kew Observatory, 1900-1910.
