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Cottam, Stella.

Eclipses, transits, and comets of the nineteenth centuryhow America's perception of the skies changed /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Eclipses, transits, and comets of the nineteenth centuryby Stella Cottam, Wayne Orchiston.
Reminder of title:	how America's perception of the skies changed /
Author:	Cottam, Stella.
other author:	Orchiston, Wayne.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2015.
Description:	xi, 336 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	AstronomyHistory.United States
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08341-4
ISBN:	9783319083414 (electronic bk.)

Eclipses, transits, and comets of the nineteenth centuryhow America's perception of the skies changed /
Cottam, Stella.

Eclipses, transits, and comets of the nineteenth centuryhow America's perception of the skies changed /[electronic resource] :by Stella Cottam, Wayne Orchiston. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2015. - xi, 336 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Astrophysics and space science library,v.4060067-0057 ;. - Astrophysics and space science library ;379..

Introduction -- Historical Overview- The United States and Astronomy Until the 1860S -- Scientific Overview -- Popular Astronomy and the Solar Eclipses of 1868, 1869 and 1878 -- Popular Astronomy and the Transits of Venus of 1874 and 1882 -- Discussion -- Concluding Remarks -- References.

Grabbing the attention of poets, politicians and the general public alike, a series of spectacular astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy than ever before. At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in the United States as they were in Europe, this public interest and support provided the growing scientific community in the United States with the platform they needed to advance the field of astronomy in the United States. Earlier in the 19th century comets, meteors and the discovery of the planet Neptune were all sources of inspiration to the general public. The specific events to be considered here are the total solar eclipses of 1868, 1869 and 1878 and the transits of Venus of 1874 and 1882. The available media responded to public interest as well as generating more interest. These events laid the groundwork that led to today's thriving network of American amateur astronomers, and provide a fascinating look at earlier conceptions of the stars.

ISBN: 9783319083414 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-08341-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

710973
Astronomy
--History.--United States

LC Class. No.: QB82.U62

Dewey Class. No.: 522.1974743

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