Chapter ID: CBB000071453

Where experiments end: Tabletop trials in Victorian astronomy (1995)

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Description On the development of the experimental approach in solar astronomy, especially two great Victorian debates--sunspot spectra (1860s) and solar energy (1880s).


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Authors & Contributors
Bartholomew, C. F.
Petrovay, Kristóf
Silvi, Cesare
Yaskell, Steven Haywood
Underwood, William E.
Underwood, Ted
Concepts
Sun
Astronomy
Photography
Solar astronomy
Chemistry
Biographies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
British Isles
United States
Italy
Hungary
Great Britain
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