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Empire and the sun : Victorian solar eclipse expeditions / Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim.
- Series:
- Writing science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solar eclipses--19th century--Observations--History.
- Solar eclipses.
- Scientific expeditions.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Scientific expeditions--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Observations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 196 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Astronomy was a popular and important part of Victorian sciences, and British astronomers carried telescopes to remote areas in India, North America, and Caribbean and Pacific islands to watch solar eclipses. This book tells the full story of these expeditions: the long periods of planning and financing, and the day-to-day work of getting to field sites, setting up camp, and preparing, observing, and recording eclipses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804739250
- 0804739269
- OCLC:
- 48536636
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