Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy
Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy
Trials, Tribulations, Telescopes and Transits
Orchiston, Wayne
Springer International Publishing AG
03/2019
688
Mole
Inglês
9783319794112
15 a 20 dias
1488
Equatorial Mounting.- Chapter 12: Joseph Ward.- Chapter 13: From Crossley to Carter.- Part IV: Transits of Venus.- Chapter 14: The 1874 and 1882 Transits of Venus.- Chapter 15: Refining the Astronomical Unit.- Part V: Stunning Spectacles.- Chapter 16: An Amazing Public Spectacle.- Chapter 17: John Grigg and the Genesis of Cometary Astronomy in
New Zealand.- Chapter 18: C.J. Westland and Comet C/1914 S1 (Campbell).- Chapter 19: A Catholic Approach to Astronomy.- Part VI: Other Notable Astronomers and Their Activities.- Chapter 20: Great Comets, and Wellington's Earliest European Astronomers.- Chapter 21: Henry Severn.- Chapter 22: John Grigg and his Pioneering Astronomical Photography.- Part VII: Opening a New Window on the Universe.- Chapter 23: Dr Elizabeth Alexander and the Mysterious 'Norfolk
Island Effect'.- Ch 24: John Bolton, Gordon Stanley, Bruce Slee and the Riddle of the 'Radio Stars'.- Index.
Equatorial Mounting.- Chapter 12: Joseph Ward.- Chapter 13: From Crossley to Carter.- Part IV: Transits of Venus.- Chapter 14: The 1874 and 1882 Transits of Venus.- Chapter 15: Refining the Astronomical Unit.- Part V: Stunning Spectacles.- Chapter 16: An Amazing Public Spectacle.- Chapter 17: John Grigg and the Genesis of Cometary Astronomy in
New Zealand.- Chapter 18: C.J. Westland and Comet C/1914 S1 (Campbell).- Chapter 19: A Catholic Approach to Astronomy.- Part VI: Other Notable Astronomers and Their Activities.- Chapter 20: Great Comets, and Wellington's Earliest European Astronomers.- Chapter 21: Henry Severn.- Chapter 22: John Grigg and his Pioneering Astronomical Photography.- Part VII: Opening a New Window on the Universe.- Chapter 23: Dr Elizabeth Alexander and the Mysterious 'Norfolk
Island Effect'.- Ch 24: John Bolton, Gordon Stanley, Bruce Slee and the Riddle of the 'Radio Stars'.- Index.