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Kew Observatory and the Evolution of Victorian Science, 1840?1910 (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century)
Kew Observatory and the Evolution of Victorian Science 18401910 - Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Lee T. Macdonald
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 government cutbacks forced its closure in 1980...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780822945260
ISBN-10: 0822945266
Publication Date: 5/18/2018
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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