Herschel at the Cape (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
448
Utgivningsdatum
1969-01-01
Förlag
University of Texas Press
Medarbetare
Deeming, Terence J. / Evans, Betty Hall
Illustrationer
21 b&w illus., 13 figs., 2 maps
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 25 mm
Vikt
654 g
Antal komponenter
1
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402:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Matte Lam
ISBN
9780292720084

Herschel at the Cape

Diaries and Correspondence of Sir John Herschel, 1834-1838

av David S Evans, Terence J Deeming, Betty Hall Evans, Stephen Goldfarb
Häftad,  Engelska, 1969-01-01
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Sir John Herschel, one of the founders of Southern Hemisphere astronomy, was a man of extraordinarily wide interests. He made contributions to botany, geology, and ornithology, as well as to astronomy, chemistry, and mathematics. Throughout his scientific career he kept a diary, recording his public and private life. The diaries from 1834 to 1838, years he spent making astronomical observations at the Cape of Good Hope, are reproduced in this book and prove to be much more than an ordinary scientists logbook. They present personal and social history, literary commentaries, the results of close observations of nature and numerous scientific experiments, the excitement of travel, political intrigues, gossip, and philosophical reflectionsall interpreted through an alert and versatile mind. In the present transcription, the material has been enriched with selected correspondence of Sir John and his wife Lady Herschel (ne Margaret Brodie Stewart). Sir John devoted his working time at the Cape primarily to a systematic observation of the southern sky, complementing his earlier sweeping of the northern sky at Slough, England. He later became one of the founders of photography, but at the Cape he used a simple optical device, the camera lucida, in the production of numerous landscape drawings. Many of these, along with reproductions of sketches contained in the diaries and botanical drawings made by Sir John and Lady Herschel, are used to illustrate this book. Sir John was also a leading figure in the foundation of the educational system of the Cape and a supporter of exploratory expeditions into the interior. As the son of Sir William Herschel, in his day the most famous British astronomer and the discoverer of the planet Uranus, Sir John was already celebrated when he arrived from England. Every individual of note, resident at the Cape or visiting, went to see him. He was supported in his work by his wife, who ran an enormous establishment and bore a huge family, but who nevertheless found time to travel in the country around the western Cape with him and to assist in his observations. The diaries and letters are supplemented by especially valuable editorial notes that provide much needed and highly interesting information concerning persons and events mentioned and described by Sir John. All the original manuscript material used in this volume is archived at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Sir Johns camera lucida drawings are from the South African Public Library in Cape Town.
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David S Evans, Terence J Deeming, Betty Hall Evans, Stephen Goldfarb

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David S. Evans (19162004) was Professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining the university's astronomy faculty, he lived for seventeen years in the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, once the residence of Herschel's principal collaborator, Thomas Maclear. Becoming interested in the rich astronomical history of South Africa, he and his wife, Betty Hall Evans, read the Herschel correspondence in the South African Archives. When they learned that the Herschel diaries were in Texas, they undertook, with the assistance of Terence J. Deeming (19371992), associate professor of astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, and Stephen Goldfarb, then graduate student at Case-Western Reserve University, to prepare them for publication.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1833 The Diary: Selected Entries The Diary: November 13 to December 27 Letters to Caroline Lucretia Herschel A Scientific Notebook of Sir Johns 1834 The Diary: January 1 to January 22 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: January 24 to March 27 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel A Letter to James Calder Stewart The Diary: March 30 to June 6 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: June 8 to July 17 A Letter to James Calder Stewart The Diary: July 18 to November 15 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Travel Diary The Diary: November 16 to December 25 The Diary: Occasional Memoranda and Observations A Letter to James Calder Stewart 1835 The Diary: January 1 to February 22 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: February 23 to May 17 A Letter to James Calder Stewart A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: May 22 to Sechember 5 The Travel Diary The Diary: Sechember 6 to October 22 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: October 25 to November 7 The Travel Diary The Diary: November 8 to November 10 A Letter to James Calder Stewart The Diary: November 28 to December 30; Occasional Memoranda 1836 The Diary: January 4 to January 12 The Travel Diary The Diary: February 5 to February 7 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: March 2 to March 8 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: March 9 to May 5 A Letter to James Calder Stewart A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: May 6 to October 3 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: October 5 to October 8 The Travel Diary The Diary: October 27 to December 31; Occasional Memoranda 1837 The Pocket Book: January 1 to February 17 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: March 19 to April 6 A Letter to James Calder Stewart The Diary: April 7 to May 7 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: May 10 to August 30 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel A Letter to James Calder Stewart The Diary: Sechember 14 to November 15 A Letter to Caroline Lucretia Herschel The Diary: November 18 to December 31; Occasional Memoranda; Observations 1838 The Diary: January 31 to May 15 A Letter to James Calder Stewart The Diary: Selected Entries Bibliography Index

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