William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (eBook, ePUB)

Astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland
Redaktion: Mollan, R. Charles

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enormous telescopes in the cloudy middle of Ireland. The book gives details, in an attractive non-technical style which requires no previous scientific knowledge, of his engineering initiatives and the astronomical results, but also reveals much more about the man and his contributions - locally in the town and county around Birr, in political and other functions in an Ireland administered by the Protestant Ascendancy, in the development and activities of the Royal Society, of which he was President from 1848-54, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Countess of Rosse, who receives full acknowledgement in the book, was a woman of many talents, among which was her pioneering work in photography, and the book includes reproductions of her artistic exposures, and many other attractive illustrations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526101938
• Artikelnr.: 48795025

Autorenporträt

Charles Mollan is a retired science administrator, editor and publisher, and a historian of Irish science

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Daniel McDowell Introduction
Charles Mollan Succession of the Parsons Family at Birr 1. History of the Parsons family and Birr Castle
The Earl and Countess of Rosse 2. Origin of the 3rd Earl's interest in astronomy
Trevor Weekes 3. Mary, Countess of Rosse (1813
85)
Daniel McDowell, Alison, Countess of Rosse, and David Davison 4. William Parsons' influence on the town and community of Birr
Margaret Hogan 5. Negotiating 'a difficult sectarian terrain': The public life and political opinions of the 3rd Earl of Rosse
Andrew Shields 6. A Consummate Engineer
Charles Mollan 7. Birr Castle observations of non
stellar objects and the development of nebular theories
Wolfgang Steinicke 8. William Parsons and the Irish nineteenth
century tradition of independent astronomical research
Allan Chapman 9. 'A presiding influence': The relations of the 3rd Earl of Rosse with scientific institutions in Britain and Ireland
Simon Schaffer 10. The 3rd Earl of Rosse: An assessment
Trevor Weekes Select bibliography Index