Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions
- ISBN-10
- 0804739269
- ISBN-13
- 9780804739269
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 196
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Author
- Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Description
Astronomy was a popular and important part of Victorian sciences, and British astronomers carried telescopes to remote areas in India, North America, and Caribbean and Pacific islands to watch solar eclipses. This book tells the full story of these expeditions: the long periods of planning and financing, and the day-to-day work of getting to field sites, setting up camp, and preparing, observing, and recording eclipses.
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