The Harvard College Observatory : : The First Four Directorships / / Lyle Gifford Boyd, Bessie Zaban Jones.
Since its founding in 1839, the Harvard College Observatory has pioneered in the development of modern astronomy. Its first directors early recognized the potential of spectroscopy in revealing the constitution of the stars, and of photography in determining the positions and motions of celestial ob...
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Jones, Bessie Zaban, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Harvard College Observatory : The First Four Directorships / Lyle Gifford Boyd, Bessie Zaban Jones. Reprint 2014 Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©1971 1 online resource (495 p.) : 56 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- I. Before the Observatory: 1642–1839 -- II. The Two Bonds, 1839–1865 -- III. Joseph Winlock, 1866–1875 -- IV. Pickering: The Early Years -- V. The Henry Draper Memorial -- VI. The Boyden Fund -- VII. The Bruce Telescope -- VIII. “Some Lofty Mountain” -- IX. "Harvard Observatory Arraigned" -- X. Fruits of the Enterprise -- XI. A Field for Women -- XII. Beyond the Observatory -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Since its founding in 1839, the Harvard College Observatory has pioneered in the development of modern astronomy. Its first directors early recognized the potential of spectroscopy in revealing the constitution of the stars, and of photography in determining the positions and motions of celestial objects; the library of photographic plates made under their direction provides an invaluable history of the stellar universe for the period. The Observatory also pioneered in using the talents of women, several of whom became noted astronomers, and their monumental classification of stars from spectral records constitutes a fundamental contribution to astronomical knowledge. The authors vividly portray the genesis, growth, and achievements of a major scientific institution and its relations with other observatories. Through the use of photographs and correspondence they also portray the men and women who played essential roles in the development of astronomy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) Astronomie, Kartografie. Harvard College Observatory -- History. SCIENCE / Astronomy. SCIENCE / General. SCIENCE / History. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT). bisacsh Boyd, Lyle Gifford, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Menzel, Donald H. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package 9783110353464 ZDB-23-HAH Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package 9783110353488 ZDB-23-HCO Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 print 9780674418783 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674418806 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674418806 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674418806.jpg |
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