John Brashear

A Man Who Loved the Stars (eBook, PDF)

The Autobiography of John A. Brashear

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The inspiring story of a man whose avocation as a stargazer and vocation as a millwright led to his development of lenses, mirrors and other astronomical apparatus. John A. Brashear's technological advances were later employed by astronomers in the United States and Europe. Brashear also attracted the friendship and financial support of astronomer Samuel Lagley, railroad magnate William Thaw, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Carnegie, who gave him $20,000 for the construction of Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LSU Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822975212
• Artikelnr.: 72255053

Autorenporträt

James V. Maher, who contributed the introduction, is Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. He is a former professor of physics and astronomy at the University.