Sky and ocean joined: the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000
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adam_text | Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction i Prelude Perspectives and problems: The nation, the Navy, the stars 1. History of astronomy 2. History of science in America 3. Navigation and the U. S. Navy Part I 5 5 12 15 The founding era, 1830-65 Chapter x From Depot to National Observatory, 1830-46 1.1 Origins: Goldsborough and the G Street Depot 1.2 Struggle: Wilkes and the Capitol Hill Observatory 1.3 Success: Gilliss and a permanent observatory Chapter 2 A choice of roles: the Maury years, 1844-61 2.1 The setting: Site, building, and instruments 2.2 Settling in: Maury and his staffin the formative years, 1844-49 2.3 Astronomy versus hydrography: Science, politics, and the Navy in the last decade of the Maury era Chapter 3 viii Abbreviations Foundations of the American Nautical Almanac Office, 1849-65 3.1 Motives for an American nautical almanac 3.2 C. H. Davis: Organizing the almanac and the Almanac Office 3.3 Opposition and success Chapter 4 Gilliss and the Civil-War years 4.1 Trials and triumphs 4.2 End ofan era 27 28 38 44 60 62 70 98 118 119 124 132 140 141 158 v
Contents Part II The golden era, 1866-93 Chapter 5 Scientific life and work 5.1 Administrative concerns 5.2 Charting the heavens 5.3 Time balls and telegraphs: Time for the nation 5.4 Solar-eclipse expeditions 163 164 173 181 196 Chapter 6 Asaph Hall, the Great Refractor, and the moons of Mars 6.1 The Great Refractor 6.2 Asaph Hall and the moons ofMars 6.3 Aftermath: Hall and the 26-inch refractor after the discovery 206 206 218 232 Chapter/ William Harkness and thev transits ofVenus of 1874 and 1882 238 7.1 Motives and preparations: The U. S. Commission on the Transit ofVenus 239 7.2 The 1874 expeditions and their results: Newcomb’s frustration 255 7.3 The 1882 expeditions and their results: The work ofWilliam Harkness 263 Chapter 8 Simon Newcomb and his work 8.1 Nautical Almanac computer and Naval Observatory astronomer 8.2 Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac Office, 1877-97 8.3 Newcomb’s legacy Part III 275 281 289 The twentieth century Chapter 9 Observatory Circle: A new site and administrative challenges for the twentieth century 9.1 A new site: Origins and development of Observatory Circle 9.2 The battle for civilian control 9.3 War, depression, and modernization 9.4 Post-war and Space-Age administrative developments Chapter 10 Space: The astronomy ofposition and its uses юл The old astronomy meets the new, 1893-1927 10.2 Attempts at modernization and origins of the Flagstaff Station, 1927-57 X0.3 Positional astronomy in the Space Age Ш 274 295 296 318 337 347 358 359 392 414
Contents Chapter ii Time: A service for the world 11.1 Universal Time: Harnessing the Earth clock to 1950 11.2 A variety of times: Turning point at mid-century 11.3 Time service in the Space Age 451 453 477 487 Chapter 12 Navigation: From stars to satellites 12.1 Chronometers and nautical instruments 12.2 The Nautical Almanac Office, 1893-1958 12.3 From stars to satellites: Into the Space Age 504 505 507 530 Summary 549 Select bibliographical essay Appendix i Sources Appendix 2 Superintendents, Scientific Directors, and Department Directors of the U. S. Naval Observatory Appendix 3 Selected astronomical instrumentation and standard clocks at the U. S. Naval Observatory, 1844-2000 Appendix 4 U. S. Naval Observatory: Six generations of selected personnel Appendix 5 Key legislation related to the Naval Observatory and Nautical Almanac Office 561 567 Index 586 572 580 582 584 vii
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Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction i Prelude Perspectives and problems: The nation, the Navy, the stars 1. History of astronomy 2. History of science in America 3. Navigation and the U. S. Navy Part I 5 5 12 15 The founding era, 1830-65 Chapter x From Depot to National Observatory, 1830-46 1.1 Origins: Goldsborough and the G Street Depot 1.2 Struggle: Wilkes and the Capitol Hill Observatory 1.3 Success: Gilliss and a permanent observatory Chapter 2 A choice of roles: the Maury years, 1844-61 2.1 The setting: Site, building, and instruments 2.2 Settling in: Maury and his staffin the formative years, 1844-49 2.3 Astronomy versus hydrography: Science, politics, and the Navy in the last decade of the Maury era Chapter 3 viii Abbreviations Foundations of the American Nautical Almanac Office, 1849-65 3.1 Motives for an American nautical almanac 3.2 C. H. Davis: Organizing the almanac and the Almanac Office 3.3 Opposition and success Chapter 4 Gilliss and the Civil-War years 4.1 Trials and triumphs 4.2 End ofan era 27 28 38 44 60 62 70 98 118 119 124 132 140 141 158 v
Contents Part II The golden era, 1866-93 Chapter 5 Scientific life and work 5.1 Administrative concerns 5.2 Charting the heavens 5.3 Time balls and telegraphs: Time for the nation 5.4 Solar-eclipse expeditions 163 164 173 181 196 Chapter 6 Asaph Hall, the Great Refractor, and the moons of Mars 6.1 The Great Refractor 6.2 Asaph Hall and the moons ofMars 6.3 Aftermath: Hall and the 26-inch refractor after the discovery 206 206 218 232 Chapter/ William Harkness and thev transits ofVenus of 1874 and 1882 238 7.1 Motives and preparations: The U. S. Commission on the Transit ofVenus 239 7.2 The 1874 expeditions and their results: Newcomb’s frustration 255 7.3 The 1882 expeditions and their results: The work ofWilliam Harkness 263 Chapter 8 Simon Newcomb and his work 8.1 Nautical Almanac computer and Naval Observatory astronomer 8.2 Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac Office, 1877-97 8.3 Newcomb’s legacy Part III 275 281 289 The twentieth century Chapter 9 Observatory Circle: A new site and administrative challenges for the twentieth century 9.1 A new site: Origins and development of Observatory Circle 9.2 The battle for civilian control 9.3 War, depression, and modernization 9.4 Post-war and Space-Age administrative developments Chapter 10 Space: The astronomy ofposition and its uses юл The old astronomy meets the new, 1893-1927 10.2 Attempts at modernization and origins of the Flagstaff Station, 1927-57 X0.3 Positional astronomy in the Space Age Ш 274 295 296 318 337 347 358 359 392 414
Contents Chapter ii Time: A service for the world 11.1 Universal Time: Harnessing the Earth clock to 1950 11.2 A variety of times: Turning point at mid-century 11.3 Time service in the Space Age 451 453 477 487 Chapter 12 Navigation: From stars to satellites 12.1 Chronometers and nautical instruments 12.2 The Nautical Almanac Office, 1893-1958 12.3 From stars to satellites: Into the Space Age 504 505 507 530 Summary 549 Select bibliographical essay Appendix i Sources Appendix 2 Superintendents, Scientific Directors, and Department Directors of the U. S. Naval Observatory Appendix 3 Selected astronomical instrumentation and standard clocks at the U. S. Naval Observatory, 1844-2000 Appendix 4 U. S. Naval Observatory: Six generations of selected personnel Appendix 5 Key legislation related to the Naval Observatory and Nautical Almanac Office 561 567 Index 586 572 580 582 584 vii |
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