TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Bessie Zaban
AU  - Boyd,Lyle Gifford
AU  - Menzel,Donald H.
TI  - The Harvard College Observatory: The First Four Directorships 
SN  - 9780674418783
AV  - QB82.U62 
U1  - 522/.19/7444 
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Astronomie, Kartografie
KW  - Harvard College Observatory -- History
KW  - SCIENCE / Astronomy
KW  - SCIENCE / General
KW  - SCIENCE / History
KW  - HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; FOREWORD --; I. Before the Observatory: 1642–1839 --; II. The Two Bonds, 1839–1865 --; III. Joseph Winlock, 1866–1875 --; IV. Pickering: The Early Years --; V. The Henry Draper Memorial --; VI. The Boyden Fund --; VII. The Bruce Telescope --; VIII. “Some Lofty Mountain” --; IX. "Harvard Observatory Arraigned" --; X. Fruits of the Enterprise --; XI. A Field for Women --; XII. Beyond the Observatory --; Notes --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Since its founding in 1839, the Harvard College Observatory has pioneered in the development of modern astronomy. Its first directors early recognized the potential of spectroscopy in revealing the constitution of the stars, and of photography in determining the positions and motions of celestial objects; the library of photographic plates made under their direction provides an invaluable history of the stellar universe for the period. The Observatory also pioneered in using the talents of women, several of whom became noted astronomers, and their monumental classification of stars from spectral records constitutes a fundamental contribution to astronomical knowledge. The authors vividly portray the genesis, growth, and achievements of a major scientific institution and its relations with other observatories. Through the use of photographs and correspondence they also portray the men and women who played essential roles in the development of astronomy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
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