The Royal Observatory Greenwich: A Glance at its History and Work
When this highly illustrated work first appeared in 1900, the day-to-day business of an astronomer was prone to misapprehension; the reality tended to be clouded by the temptation to imagine observatories as preoccupied with making awe-inspiring discoveries and glimpsing distant worlds. Describing h...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1900
|
| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge library collection. Astronomy
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | BSB01 FHN01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers |
| Zusammenfassung: | When this highly illustrated work first appeared in 1900, the day-to-day business of an astronomer was prone to misapprehension; the reality tended to be clouded by the temptation to imagine observatories as preoccupied with making awe-inspiring discoveries and glimpsing distant worlds. Describing himself as a hybrid between an engineer and an accountant, astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928) explodes the romantic myths and takes the reader on an entertaining tour of the history and real purposes of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Founded with the sole aim of advancing navigation at sea, the observatory originally confined its activities to the accurate compilation of celestial charts. In exploring the observatory's various departments and the lives of its Astronomers Royal, Maunder shows how its remit slowly expanded into heliography, meteorology, spectroscopy and the study of magnetism, which transformed it from a tool of the Navy to a major institution in contemporary astronomy |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781107300354 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781107300354 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nmm a2200000zc 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV043936395 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 00000000000000.0 | ||
| 007 | cr|uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 161206s1900 |||| o||u| ||||||eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9781107300354 |c Online |9 978-1-107-30035-4 | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1017/CBO9781107300354 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (ZDB-20-CBO)CR9781107300354 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)967676332 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV043936395 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 |a DE-92 | ||
| 082 | 0 | |a 522/.19421/62 |2 23 | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Maunder, E. Walter |d 1851-1928 |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a The Royal Observatory Greenwich |b A Glance at its History and Work |c E. Walter Maunder |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge |b Cambridge University Press |c 1900 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (320 pages) | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Cambridge library collection. Astronomy | |
| 500 | |a Includes index | ||
| 520 | |a When this highly illustrated work first appeared in 1900, the day-to-day business of an astronomer was prone to misapprehension; the reality tended to be clouded by the temptation to imagine observatories as preoccupied with making awe-inspiring discoveries and glimpsing distant worlds. Describing himself as a hybrid between an engineer and an accountant, astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928) explodes the romantic myths and takes the reader on an entertaining tour of the history and real purposes of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Founded with the sole aim of advancing navigation at sea, the observatory originally confined its activities to the accurate compilation of celestial charts. In exploring the observatory's various departments and the lives of its Astronomers Royal, Maunder shows how its remit slowly expanded into heliography, meteorology, spectroscopy and the study of magnetism, which transformed it from a tool of the Navy to a major institution in contemporary astronomy | ||
| 610 | 2 | 4 | |a Royal Observatory, Greenwich / History |
| 650 | 4 | |a Geschichte | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Astronomy / History | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Erscheint auch als |n Druckausgabe |z 978-1-108-06506-1 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300354 |x Verlag |z URL des Erstveröffentlichers |3 Volltext |
| 912 | |a ZDB-20-CBO | ||
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-029345366 | ||
| 966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300354 |l BSB01 |p ZDB-20-CBO |q BSB_PDA_CBO |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
| 966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300354 |l FHN01 |p ZDB-20-CBO |q FHN_PDA_CBO |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1804176873688662016 |
|---|---|
| any_adam_object | |
| author | Maunder, E. Walter 1851-1928 |
| author_facet | Maunder, E. Walter 1851-1928 |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Maunder, E. Walter 1851-1928 |
| author_variant | e w m ew ewm |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV043936395 |
| collection | ZDB-20-CBO |
| ctrlnum | (ZDB-20-CBO)CR9781107300354 (OCoLC)967676332 (DE-599)BVBBV043936395 |
| dewey-full | 522/.19421/62 |
| dewey-hundreds | 500 - Natural sciences and mathematics |
| dewey-ones | 522 - Techniques, equipment & materials |
| dewey-raw | 522/.19421/62 |
| dewey-search | 522/.19421/62 |
| dewey-sort | 3522 519421 262 |
| dewey-tens | 520 - Astronomy and allied sciences |
| discipline | Physik |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1017/CBO9781107300354 |
| format | Electronic eBook |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>02575nmm a2200421zc 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV043936395</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">00000000000000.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr|uuu---uuuuu</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">161206s1900 |||| o||u| ||||||eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781107300354</subfield><subfield code="c">Online</subfield><subfield code="9">978-1-107-30035-4</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1017/CBO9781107300354</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(ZDB-20-CBO)CR9781107300354</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)967676332</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV043936395</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-92</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">522/.19421/62</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Maunder, E. Walter</subfield><subfield code="d">1851-1928</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">The Royal Observatory Greenwich</subfield><subfield code="b">A Glance at its History and Work</subfield><subfield code="c">E. Walter Maunder</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Cambridge</subfield><subfield code="b">Cambridge University Press</subfield><subfield code="c">1900</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (320 pages)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Cambridge library collection. Astronomy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">When this highly illustrated work first appeared in 1900, the day-to-day business of an astronomer was prone to misapprehension; the reality tended to be clouded by the temptation to imagine observatories as preoccupied with making awe-inspiring discoveries and glimpsing distant worlds. Describing himself as a hybrid between an engineer and an accountant, astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928) explodes the romantic myths and takes the reader on an entertaining tour of the history and real purposes of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Founded with the sole aim of advancing navigation at sea, the observatory originally confined its activities to the accurate compilation of celestial charts. In exploring the observatory's various departments and the lives of its Astronomers Royal, Maunder shows how its remit slowly expanded into heliography, meteorology, spectroscopy and the study of magnetism, which transformed it from a tool of the Navy to a major institution in contemporary astronomy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="610" ind1="2" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Royal Observatory, Greenwich / History</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Geschichte</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Astronomy / History</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Erscheint auch als</subfield><subfield code="n">Druckausgabe</subfield><subfield code="z">978-1-108-06506-1</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300354</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="z">URL des Erstveröffentlichers</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ZDB-20-CBO</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-029345366</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300354</subfield><subfield code="l">BSB01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-20-CBO</subfield><subfield code="q">BSB_PDA_CBO</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300354</subfield><subfield code="l">FHN01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-20-CBO</subfield><subfield code="q">FHN_PDA_CBO</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV043936395 |
| illustrated | Not Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-10T07:39:06Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9781107300354 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-029345366 |
| oclc_num | 967676332 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 DE-92 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 DE-92 |
| physical | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
| psigel | ZDB-20-CBO ZDB-20-CBO BSB_PDA_CBO ZDB-20-CBO FHN_PDA_CBO |
| publishDate | 1900 |
| publishDateSearch | 1900 |
| publishDateSort | 1900 |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| record_format | marc |
| series2 | Cambridge library collection. Astronomy |
| spelling | Maunder, E. Walter 1851-1928 Verfasser aut The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work E. Walter Maunder Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1900 1 online resource (320 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Cambridge library collection. Astronomy Includes index When this highly illustrated work first appeared in 1900, the day-to-day business of an astronomer was prone to misapprehension; the reality tended to be clouded by the temptation to imagine observatories as preoccupied with making awe-inspiring discoveries and glimpsing distant worlds. Describing himself as a hybrid between an engineer and an accountant, astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928) explodes the romantic myths and takes the reader on an entertaining tour of the history and real purposes of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Founded with the sole aim of advancing navigation at sea, the observatory originally confined its activities to the accurate compilation of celestial charts. In exploring the observatory's various departments and the lives of its Astronomers Royal, Maunder shows how its remit slowly expanded into heliography, meteorology, spectroscopy and the study of magnetism, which transformed it from a tool of the Navy to a major institution in contemporary astronomy Royal Observatory, Greenwich / History Geschichte Astronomy / History Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-1-108-06506-1 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300354 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Maunder, E. Walter 1851-1928 The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work Royal Observatory, Greenwich / History Geschichte Astronomy / History |
| title | The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work |
| title_auth | The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work |
| title_exact_search | The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work |
| title_full | The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work E. Walter Maunder |
| title_fullStr | The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work E. Walter Maunder |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work E. Walter Maunder |
| title_short | The Royal Observatory Greenwich |
| title_sort | the royal observatory greenwich a glance at its history and work |
| title_sub | A Glance at its History and Work |
| topic | Royal Observatory, Greenwich / History Geschichte Astronomy / History |
| topic_facet | Royal Observatory, Greenwich / History Geschichte Astronomy / History |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300354 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT maunderewalter theroyalobservatorygreenwichaglanceatitshistoryandwork |