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British University Observatories 1772-1939

British University Observatories 1772-1939

Hardcover

Series: Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945

Astronomy & SpaceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0754632504
ISBN13: 9780754632504
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 20 2008
Pages: 568
Weight: 2.13
Height: 1.25 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This is the first full history of the six university observatories that undertook research before World War II - Oxford, Dunsink, Cambridge, Durham, Glasgow and London - and their struggle to evolve in the middle ground between the royal or government observatories, and those of the 'Grand Amateurs'. The book will intrigue anyone interested in the history of astronomy, of telescopes, of patronage networks, of scientific institutions, and of the history of universities.

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