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The Sidereal Messenger 1890 Vol 9

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Author : Wm. W. Payne
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-02-26

The Sidereal Messenger 1890 Vol 9 written by Wm. W. Payne and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-26 with Science categories.

Excerpt from The Sidereal Messenger, 1890, Vol. 9: A Monthly Review of Astronomy Maria Mitchell was born on the island of Nantucket Aug. 1, 1818. Her father and mother were both Quakers, and her mother was descended from the earliest settlers of the island. Her father had a natural taste for scientific study, and throughout his active life, first as teacher and after wards as bank cashier, he devoted his leisure time to astro nomical pursuits. He was for many years employed by the United States Coast Survey in observations pertaining to the survey of the island. In these observations his daughter began to assist him at the early age of eleven. Her educa tion was the best Nantucket could afford, of a thoroughly substantial but simple character. It gave her only the rudi ments of the science, and the mathematics which her later studies required. When eighteen years old she became libra rian of the Athenaeum library, an excellent library well sup plied with scientific books, and attesting the intellectual character of the Quaker town. In the reading room of this library Miss Mitchell, by her private reading, laid the foun dations of her mathematical knowledge. Throughout these years she continued her father's assistant, and gradually passed to independent observations. She swept for comets on the roof of the Pacific bank, still heading the main street of Nantucket. She found several before their discovery was known to her, and in the mean time was training herself by her studv for the investigation of the positions she obtained. She computed several orbits from her own observations. But not until 1847 did she sweep her glass over that partie ular comet which brought her to the notice of the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Sidereal Messenger

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Release Date : 1891

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The American Journal Of Science

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language : en
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Release Date : 1897

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The American Journal Of Science

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Author : Mrs. Gambold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897

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Report Of The Board Of Visitors To The United States Naval Observatory 1899

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Author : United States. Navy Dept. Board of visitors to the United States naval observatory
language : en
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Release Date : 1899

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The Invention Of Science

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Author : David Wootton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-09-17

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We live in a world made by science. How and when did this happen? This book tells the story of the extraordinary intellectual and cultural revolution that gave birth to modern science, and mounts a major challenge to the prevailing orthodoxy of its history. Before 1492 it was assumed that all significant knowledge was already available; there was no concept of progress; people looked for understanding to the past not the future. This book argues that the discovery of America demonstrated that new knowledge was possible: indeed it introduced the very concept of 'discovery', and opened the way to the invention of science. The first crucial discovery was Tycho Brahe's nova of 1572: proof that there could be change in the heavens. The telescope (1610) rendered the old astronomy obsolete. Torricelli's experiment with the vacuum (1643) led directly to the triumph of the experimental method in the Royal Society of Boyle and Newton. By 1750 Newtonianism was being celebrated throughout Europe. The new science did not consist simply of new discoveries, or new methods. It relied on a new understanding of what knowledge might be, and with this came a new language: discovery, progress, facts, experiments, hypotheses, theories, laws of nature - almost all these terms existed before 1492, but their meanings were radically transformed so they became tools with which to think scientifically. We all now speak this language of science, which was invented during the Scientific Revolution. The new culture had its martyrs (Bruno, Galileo), its heroes (Kepler, Boyle), its propagandists (Voltaire, Diderot), and its patient labourers (Gilbert, Hooke). It led to a new rationalism, killing off alchemy, astrology, and belief in witchcraft. It led to the invention of the steam engine and to the first Industrial Revolution. David Wootton's landmark book changes our understanding of how this great transformation came about, and of what science is.

Bibliographies Of The Present Officers Of Yale University

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Author : Yale University
language : en
Publisher: [s.l. : s.n.], 1893 (New Haven, Conn. : Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor)
Release Date : 1893

Bibliographies Of The Present Officers Of Yale University written by Yale University and has been published by [s.l. : s.n.], 1893 (New Haven, Conn. : Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Porter, Noah, 1811-1892--Bibliography categories.