Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century : How America's Perception of the Skies Changed /

Grabbing the attention of poets, politicians and the general public alike, a series of spectacular astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy than ever before. At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in the United States as...

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Main Authors: Cottam, Stella (Author), Orchiston, Wayne (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 406
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