Book ID: CBB000067513

Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1820-1831: The founding of a colonial observatory; incorporating a biography of Fearon Fallows (1995)

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Warner, Brian (Author)


Kluwer Academic


Publication Date: 1995
Physical Details: xii + 241 pp.; illus.; notes; index

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Review Bennett, J. (2000) Review of "Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1820-1831: The founding of a colonial observatory; incorporating a biography of Fearon Fallows". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 159). unapi

Review Hearnshaw, J. (1999) Review of "Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1820-1831: The founding of a colonial observatory; incorporating a biography of Fearon Fallows". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 332-33). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Whitesell, Patricia S.
Warner, Brian
Torge, Reimund
Stephens, Carlene E.
Schielicke, Reinhard E.
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Vistas in Astronomy
Harvard Library Bulletin
Studies in History of Medicine and Science
Sky and Telescope
Quipu
Publishers
Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Concepts
Research institutes; research stations
Astronomy
Nautical astronomy
Instruments, navigational
Science
Technological innovation
People
Zuccari, Federigo
Zeiss, Carl
Tappan, Henry Philip
Tacchini, Pietro
Staeyen van Loenhout, Johan van
Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Time Periods
19th century
Places
South Africa
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Latin America
Italy
British Isles
Institutions
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
Sydney Observatory
Harvard University
Detroit Observatory
Calcutta Observatory
Mexico. Observatorio Astronómico Nacional
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