In search of William Gascoigne : seventeenth century astronomer
William Gascoigne (c.1612-44), the first inventor of the telescopic sight and micrometer instruments crucial to the advance of astronomy was killed in the English Civil War. His name is now known to historians of science around the world, but for some considerable time after his tragic death at the...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Edició: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Col·lecció: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
390 |
| Accés en línia: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • In Search of William Gascoigne, Seventeenth Century Astronomer, David Sellers, New York, Springer, 2012, 1 vol. (X-122 p.), Astrophysics and space science library, 978-1-4614-4096-3 • In Search of William Gascoigne, Texte imprimé, 9781461440987 • In Search of William Gascoigne, Texte imprimé, 9781489995742 |
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- Part 1: The Discovery of William Gascoigne Introduction The Gascoignes of Thorp-On-The-Hill The Discovery of William Gascoigne A Light of the First Magnitude Derham and de la Hire Bevis and de la Hire In His Own Hand Part 2: Gascoigne s World The Religious World of William Gascoigne The Optical World of William Gascoigne The Astronomical World of William Gascoigne Part 3: Digging Further The Flamsteed Transcriptions Bodleian Transcriptions British Library MSS and Other Transcriptions The Civil War and After The Road to Civil War After Marston Moor The Legacy of William Gascoigne