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- catalog abstract "This volume presents a comprehensive account of the origin, construction and use of the first major astronomical observatory in the southern hemisphere. Technical aspects, such as the instruments and their makers, the installation of the instruments and their initial problems, are described. In addition, the difficulties of founding a scientific institution in a remote colony are discussed in detail. The book includes a biography of the Cambridge-trained mathematician Fearon Fallows, the Observatory's first Director. The architecture, building methods and construction techniques are analyzed. There is also a wealth of detail on social aspects of life in Cape Town in the 1820s, including slavery and ecclesiastical matters. The book is unusual in the emphasis it gives to the human side of the story. It will be of interest to historians of science, astronomers, and historians, particularly of early nineteenth-century South Africa.".
- catalog contributor b8610068.
- catalog contributor b8610069.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. From Cockermouth to the Cape via Cambridge -- Ch. 2. Cape residence -- Ch. 3. Birth of the observatory -- Ch. 4. Instrumentation -- Ch. 5. Life at the observatory -- Ch. 6. No bed of roses.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-236) and index.".
- catalog description "This volume presents a comprehensive account of the origin, construction and use of the first major astronomical observatory in the southern hemisphere. Technical aspects, such as the instruments and their makers, the installation of the instruments and their initial problems, are described. In addition, the difficulties of founding a scientific institution in a remote colony are discussed in detail. The book includes a biography of the Cambridge-trained mathematician Fearon Fallows, the Observatory's first Director. The architecture, building methods and construction techniques are analyzed. There is also a wealth of detail on social aspects of life in Cape Town in the 1820s, including slavery and ecclesiastical matters. The book is unusual in the emphasis it gives to the human side of the story. It will be of interest to historians of science, astronomers, and historians, particularly of early nineteenth-century South Africa.".
- catalog extent "xii, 241 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1820-1831.".
- catalog identifier "0792335279 (hb : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1820-1831.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1820-1831.".
- catalog subject "522/.19687 20".
- catalog subject "QB82.S62 C369 1995".
- catalog subject "Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. From Cockermouth to the Cape via Cambridge -- Ch. 2. Cape residence -- Ch. 3. Birth of the observatory -- Ch. 4. Instrumentation -- Ch. 5. Life at the observatory -- Ch. 6. No bed of roses.".
- catalog title "Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1820-1831 : the founding of a colonial observatory : incorporating a biography of Fearon Fallows / by Brian Warner.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".