Article ID: CBB000074359

“So much for fame!”: The story of Lewis Swift (1996)

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Description “Between 1862 and 1899, Lewis Swift discovered no fewer than 13 comets, making him one of the most prolific discoverers of all time. Swift was a farmer and hardware store owner by trade, whose first telescope was a homemade 3-inch refractor with a Spencer objective.”


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Authors & Contributors
Kapoor, R. C.
Beekman, George
Carter, Christopher Ray
Chinnici, Ileana
Cooper, Barry J.
Fernandes, Joǎo
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Goethe Jahrbuch
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
The Irish Astronomical Journal
Concepts
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Astronomy
Astronomical observatories
Primary literature (historical sources)
Discovery in science
Geology
People
Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias
Warren, John
Birmingham, John
Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich
Donati, Giovanni Battista
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
16th century
17th century
Places
India
Australia
Vietnam
British Isles
Canada
France
Institutions
Madras Observatory
Palermo. Osservatorio Astronomico
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