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| adam_text | CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
VII
LIST
OF
ILLUSTRATIONS
IX
INTRODUCTION
1
SUMMARY
OF
THE
CHAPTERS
6
1
THE
PRECEDENT: TRANSIT
OF
VENUS EXPEDITIONS
IN
1761
AND
1769
9
THE HISTORICAL PRECEDENT
13
2
BIG SCIENCE
IN
BRITAIN
C.
1815-70
21
THE MAGNETIC
CRUSADES:
THE
BIGGER
SCIENCE
BETWEEN
THE
TWO
TRANSITS
22
ADMIRALTY SCIENCE
AND
THE
REFORM
MOVEMENT
25
AIRY S GREENWICH
AND
ITS
PLACE
IN
THE
HISTORIOGRAPHY
29
3 NOBLE SCIENCE,
NOBLE NATION: THE
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
TRANSIT PROGRAMMES
IN
BRITAIN
AND
ABROAD
35
EDWARD STONE,
THE
BLACK DROP
EFFECT
AND
THE
TRANSIT
OF
MERCURY
IN
1868
37
THE TRANSIT PROPOSAL
IN
PARLIAMENT
41
THE INTERNATIONAL
PICTURE: TRANSIT PROGRAMMES
ABROAD
45
SITUATING
THE
OBSERVATION
STATIONS
46
BRITAIN S
SCIENTIFIC
HONOUR,
THE
PRESS
AND
THE
AIRY-PROCTOR DEBATE 49
4
INSIDE
GREENWICH:
THE PREPARATIONS
FOR
1874
57
WARREN
DE LA
RUE
AND
THE
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLAN
60
PRECISION
ASTRONOMICAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
IN
THE
WET-PLATE
ERA
66
PROGRAMME
DESIGN
AS
A
NATIONAL
PRODUCT
74
THE
TELESCOPIC
PLAN:
MODELLING
THE
TRANSIT
OF
VENUS
77
ARTIFICIAL
BLACK
DROP
EXPERIMENTS
80
TRAINING
THE
OBSERVERS 82
MODEL
TRAINING
VERSUS
PERSONAL
EQUATION MEASURES
84
THE
INTERNATIONAL
MELEE 86
5
THE
EXPEDITIONS
89
ESTABLISHING
THE
OBSERVATION
STATIONS:
THE
CASE
OF
CAIRO
94
ENVIRONMENT,
LOCAL
TIME
AND
LATITUDE:
WORK ROUTINES
AT
THE
STATIONS
99
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE A
LONGITUDE EXPERIMENTS
102
LINDSAY
AND
GILL S CHRONOMETRIC TRIALS
104
BROWNE S EXPERIMENT
IN
SUBMARINE
TELEGRAPHY
105
THE DAY
OF
THE
TRANSIT:
8-9 DECEMBER
1874
108
THE TRANSIT
OF
VENUS
OBSERVED
IN
CAIRO
111
WORLDWIDE
SPECTACLE: THE
DAY
OF
THE
TRANSIT
IN
THE
PRESS
114
6 THE OUTCOME
119
AIRY S
INTERNATIONAL
PROPOSAL
FOR
REDUCING
THE
OBSERVATIONS
121
CALCULATING PARALLAX
IN
1874
VERSUS
1769 124
THE
PLAN
TO
MEASURE
THE
PHOTOGRAPHS
125
THE MIST
OF
WORDS
128
FINANCIAL CRISIS
130
`CASTING
PHASES
AND
`DOCTORING
RESULTS
133
DECIDING
THAT
PHOTOGRAPHY
HAD
FAILED
138
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
AND
THE
RETIREMENT
OF
THE
ASTRONOMER
ROYAL
140
OUTCOMES
AND
RESULTS
BEYOND
GREENWICH
143
CONCLUSION
147
MEASUREMENT
IN
LATE VICTORIAN
SCIENCE
147
NATIONAL
SCIENCE, GROWTH
AND
PROGRESS
150
EPILOGUE:
THE TRANSIT
OF
1882
153
CHANGE
OF
LEADERSHIP
AND
LOSS
OF
RESOURCES
155
THE QUESTION
OF
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
158
THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS
TO
OBSERVERS
159
THE LONGITUDE WORK
AND
THE
LOSS
OF
ADMIRALTY
PATRONAGE
162
THE
EXPEDITIONS
164
THE
OUTCOME
166
THE TRANSIT
ENTERPRISE, INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
AND
PRECISION
ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
168
NOTES
173
WORKS
CITED
199
INDEX
213
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| adam_txt |
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
VII
LIST
OF
ILLUSTRATIONS
IX
INTRODUCTION
1
SUMMARY
OF
THE
CHAPTERS
6
1
THE
PRECEDENT: TRANSIT
OF
VENUS EXPEDITIONS
IN
1761
AND
1769
9
THE HISTORICAL PRECEDENT
13
2
BIG SCIENCE
IN
BRITAIN
C.
1815-70
21
THE MAGNETIC
CRUSADES:
THE
BIGGER
SCIENCE
BETWEEN
THE
TWO
TRANSITS
22
ADMIRALTY SCIENCE
AND
THE
REFORM
MOVEMENT
25
AIRY'S GREENWICH
AND
ITS
PLACE
IN
THE
HISTORIOGRAPHY
29
3 NOBLE SCIENCE,
NOBLE NATION: THE
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
TRANSIT PROGRAMMES
IN
BRITAIN
AND
ABROAD
35
EDWARD STONE,
THE
BLACK DROP
EFFECT
AND
THE
TRANSIT
OF
MERCURY
IN
1868
37
THE TRANSIT PROPOSAL
IN
PARLIAMENT
41
THE INTERNATIONAL
PICTURE: TRANSIT PROGRAMMES
ABROAD
45
SITUATING
THE
OBSERVATION
STATIONS
46
BRITAIN'S
SCIENTIFIC
HONOUR,
THE
PRESS
AND
THE
AIRY-PROCTOR DEBATE 49
4
INSIDE
GREENWICH:
THE PREPARATIONS
FOR
1874
57
WARREN
DE LA
RUE
AND
THE
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLAN
60
PRECISION
ASTRONOMICAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
IN
THE
WET-PLATE
ERA
66
PROGRAMME
DESIGN
AS
A
NATIONAL
PRODUCT
74
THE
TELESCOPIC
PLAN:
MODELLING
THE
TRANSIT
OF
VENUS
77
ARTIFICIAL
BLACK
DROP
EXPERIMENTS
80
TRAINING
THE
OBSERVERS 82
MODEL
TRAINING
VERSUS
PERSONAL
EQUATION MEASURES
84
THE
INTERNATIONAL
MELEE 86
5
THE
EXPEDITIONS
89
ESTABLISHING
THE
OBSERVATION
STATIONS:
THE
CASE
OF
CAIRO
94
ENVIRONMENT,
LOCAL
TIME
AND
LATITUDE:
WORK ROUTINES
AT
THE
STATIONS
99
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE'A
LONGITUDE EXPERIMENTS
102
LINDSAY
AND
GILL'S CHRONOMETRIC TRIALS
104
BROWNE'S EXPERIMENT
IN
SUBMARINE
TELEGRAPHY
105
THE DAY
OF
THE
TRANSIT:
8-9 DECEMBER
1874
108
THE TRANSIT
OF
VENUS
OBSERVED
IN
CAIRO
111
WORLDWIDE
SPECTACLE: THE
DAY
OF
THE
TRANSIT
IN
THE
PRESS
114
6 THE OUTCOME
119
AIRY'S
INTERNATIONAL
PROPOSAL
FOR
REDUCING
THE
OBSERVATIONS
121
CALCULATING PARALLAX
IN
1874
VERSUS
1769 124
THE
PLAN
TO
MEASURE
THE
PHOTOGRAPHS
125
THE MIST
OF
WORDS
128
FINANCIAL CRISIS
130
`CASTING'
PHASES
AND
`DOCTORING'
RESULTS
133
DECIDING
THAT
PHOTOGRAPHY
HAD
FAILED
138
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
AND
THE
RETIREMENT
OF
THE
ASTRONOMER
ROYAL
140
OUTCOMES
AND
RESULTS
BEYOND
GREENWICH
143
CONCLUSION
147
MEASUREMENT
IN
LATE VICTORIAN
SCIENCE
147
NATIONAL
SCIENCE, GROWTH
AND
PROGRESS
150
EPILOGUE:
THE TRANSIT
OF
1882
153
CHANGE
OF
LEADERSHIP
AND
LOSS
OF
RESOURCES
155
THE QUESTION
OF
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
158
THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS
TO
OBSERVERS
159
THE LONGITUDE WORK
AND
THE
LOSS
OF
ADMIRALTY
PATRONAGE
162
THE
EXPEDITIONS
164
THE
OUTCOME
166
THE TRANSIT
ENTERPRISE, INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
AND
PRECISION
ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
168
NOTES
173
WORKS
CITED
199
INDEX
213 |
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