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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PART
I
OVERVIEW
1
JOHN
TEBBUTT:
AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMER
EXTRAORDINAIRE
.......................
3
1.1
INTRODUCTION
....................................................................................
3
1.2
TEBBUTT: THE MAN
...........................................................................
4
1.3
THE FORMATIVE YEARS
......................................................................
9
1.4
THE GREAT COMET
OF
1861
..............................................................
12
1.5
THE
FIRST
OBSERVATORY
....................................................................
14
1.6
AN EMERGING REPUTATION
...............................................................
16
1.7 STILL
MORE TELESCOPES
AND
OBSERVATORIES
.......................................
17
1.8
A
SUCCESSION
OF
SOCIETIES
..............................................................
19
1.9
A COMMITMENT
TO
OBSERVATIONAL
ASTRONOMY
................................
20
1.10
ASTRONOMY
AND
BEYOND
.................................................................
29
1.11
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS APLENTY
.....................................................
32
1.12
PROMOTING POPULAR
INTEREST
IN ASTRONOMY
.....................................
35
1.13
A MAGNIFICENT RESEARCH
AND
REFERENCE
LIBRARY
............................
38
1.14
STATUS
AND
RECOGNITION
..................................................................
40
1.15
JUST REWARDS
..................................................................................
42
1.16
AN ENDURING
LEGACY
......................................................................
43
1.17
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
......................................................................
44
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
47
2
AN
INVALUABLE
RESOURCE: THE
`TEBBUTT
COLLECTION
IN
THE
MITCHELL LIBRARY, SYDNEY
.............................................................
55
2.1
INTRODUCTION: THE
C41/ICHAARCHIVES
WORKING
GROUP
................
55
2.2
THE TEBBUTT COLLECTION
...................................................................
55
2.2.1 BACKGROUND
AND
LISTING
.....................................................
55
2.2.2
INWARD LETTERS
.....................................................................
58
2.2.3 ASTRONOMICAL
JOURNALS, 1853-1902
...................................
64
2.2.4 OBSERVATIONAL
NOTEBOOKS, 1862-1865,1879-1882,
1884-1905
.........................................................................
67
XIX
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE A
XX
CONTENTS
2.2.5
DETERMINATION
OF
LATITUDE, 1882,
AND
DETERMINATION
OF
LONGITUDE,
1885-1887
.....................................................
67
2.2.6
EXTRACTS
FROM
PERIODICALS
ETC
...............................................
68
2.2.7 HOT
WINDS, 1862-1863;
AND
METEOROLOGICAL
OBSERVATIONS,
1863-1913
....................................................
69
2.2.8
CATALOGUE
OF
THE
WINDSOR
OBSERVATORY
LIBRARY
...................
69
2.2.9 OTHER RECORDS
......................................................................
71
2.3 THE MISSING RECORDS
.......................................................................
71
2.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS
........................................................................
74
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
75
PART
II BACKGROUND
CONTEXT
3 THE DEVELOPMENT
OF
PROFESSIONAL
ASTRONOMY
IN
THE
NINETEENTH
CENTURY
AUSTRALIA
.....................................................
81
3.1 INTRODUCTION
......................................................................................
81
3.2
SIR THOMAS
BRISBANE:
PIONEERING DAYS
AT
PARRAMATTA
OBSERVATORY
......................................................................................
83
3.3
FROM
IMPERIAL
TO
INDEPENDENT
ASTRONOMY:
THE DEVELOPMENT
OF
THE
COLONIAL OBSERVATORIES
.............................
85
3.4
CONCLUDING REMARKS
........................................................................
101
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
102
4
THE ROLE
OF
THE
INDEPENDENT ASTRONOMER
IN EARLY
AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY
..............................................................
109
4.1 INTRODUCTION
......................................................................................
109
4.2
A CAVALCADE
OF
COMETS
AND
TRANSITS:
THE
GROWTH
OF
POPULAR
INTEREST
IN ASTRONOMY
.....................................................
110
4.3 INDEPENDENT
ASTRONOMERS
TO
THE
FORE:
THE
RISE
OF
THE
PRIVATE
OBSERVATORIES
.............................................................
114
4.4 AN
EVOLVING
SCIENCE:
IMPACT
OF
THE
LEADING
NON-PROFESSIONAL
ASTRONOMERS
ON
AUSTRALIAN
ASTRONOMY
...............
118
4.5 PROFESSIONALS
AND
NON-PROFESSIONALS:
COLLEAGUES
OR
COMPETITORS?
................................................................................
124
4.6 CONCLUDING
REMARKS
........................................................................
127
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
127
PART
III
CASE
STUDIES
5
INTRODUCTION
.............................................................................................
135
REFERENCE
..................................................................................................
137
6 THE
GREAT
COMET
OF
1861: A MAGNIFICENT
CAREER CATALYST
................
139
6.1 INTRODUCTION
......................................................................................
139
6.2 A `NEBULA
IS NOTED: DISCOVERY
OF
THE
GREAT COMET
OF
1861..........
141
CONTENTS
7
8
9
XXI
6.3
RIDICULE
AND
RANCOUR:
THE
PRICE
OF
PUBLICISING
FURTHER
OBSERVATIONS
........................................................................
144
6.4
A
CELESTIAL
SPECTACLE:
THE
COMET
IN
NORTHERN
SKIES
......................
160
6.5
RECOVERY
OF
THE
COMET:
ITS
REAPPEARANCE
IN AUSTRALIAN
SKIES........ 164
6.6
RIGHTFUL
RECOGNITION:
COMPENSATING
FOR
THE
PASSAGE
OF
TIME
AND
TYRANNY
OF
DISTANCE
.....................................................
165
6.7
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
........................................................................
167
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
168
AN
URGE
FOR INDEPENDENCE:
THE
SYDNEY
OBSERVATORY
DIRECTORSHIP
.............................................................................................
173
7.1
INTRODUCTION
......................................................................................
173
7.2
TRIALS
AND
TRIBULATIONS:
THE
FIRST
SYDNEY
OBSERVATORY
DIRECTORSHIP
......................................................................................
174
7.3
JOHN
TEBBUTT
OF
NEIGHBOURING
WINDSOR:
THE
IDEAL
NEW
DIRECTOR?
..................................................................................
179
7.4
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
........................................................................
195
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
200
FROM
HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS:
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF
WINDSOR
OBSERVATORY
.........................................................................
205
8.1
INTRODUCTION
......................................................................................
205
8.2
A SERIOUS
COMMITMENT
TO
OBSERVATIONAL
ASTRONOMY:
PURCHASE
OF
THE
JONES
REFRACTOR
.......................................................
206
8.3
WHOLLY
THE
WORK
OF
MY
OWN
HANDS :
THE
FIRST
WINDSOR
OBSERVATORY
BUILDING
........................................................
210
8.4
A NEW
HOME
FOR
A
NEW
TELESCOPE:
THE
SECOND
WOODEN
OBSERVATORY
........................................................................
217
8.5
A PROPER
ASTRONOMICAL
CENTRE:
THE
SUBSTANTIAL
BRICK
BUILDING
OF
1879
..............................................................................
222
8.6
ACCOMMODATING
THE
EIGHT
INCH:
THE
DEMAND
FOR
A
NEW
BRICK
OBSERVATORY
...........................................................
235
8.7
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
........................................................................
239
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
248
A
TIMELY
SPECTACLE:
THE
GREAT
COMET
OF
1881
....................................
255
9.1
INTRODUCTION
......................................................................................
255
9.2
A SUCCESSFUL
SCAN
OF
THE
SOUTHERN
SKY:
DISCOVERY
OF
A
NEW
COMET
...............................................................................
256
9.3
AN EVOLVING
OBJECT:
SUBSEQUENT
OBSERVATIONS
OF
THE
COMET.........
259
9.4
AN ENDURING
LEGACY:
THE
GREAT
COMET S
CONTRIBUTION
TO
ASTRONOMY
....................................................................................
269
9.5
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
........................................................................
281
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
286
XXII
CONTENTS
10
AN
ABORTIVE ASSOCIATION:
THE AUSTRALIAN
COMET
CORPS
.....................
293
10.1 INTRODUCTION
....................................................................................
293
10.2
AN
ASSOCIATION
OF
OBSERVERS:
THE
PROPOSED
`AUSTRALIAN
COMET
CORPS
.................................................................................
294
10.3
IN
SEARCH
OF
COMETS: PUTTING
THE
CONCEPT
TO THE
TEST
...................
305
10.4 A
COMBINATION
OF
FACTORS: THE DEMISE
OF
THE
AUSTRALIAN
COMET CORPS
.................................................................:................
307
10.5
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
......................................................................
314
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
314
11 A
GAIN IN LIGHT GRASP:
THE LEGACY
OF
THE
GRUBB TELESCOPE
.............
319
11.1
INTRODUCTION
....................................................................................
319
11.2 THE
TYRANNY
OF
DISTANCE: TEBBUTT S PURCHASE
OF
THE
TELESCOPE
.............................................................................
320
11.3
EXPLOITING
THE
INCREASED LIGHT
GRASP
AND
A
DRIVE:
AN
ONGOING COMMITMENT
TO
OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY
...............
321
11.3.1
COMETARY
POSITIONS
........................................................
322
11.3.2
VARIABLE STARS
.................................................................
337
11.3.3
DOUBLE
STARS
...................................................................
344
11.3.4
MINOR
PLANET
POSITIONS
...................................................
355
11.3.5
PLANETARY POSITIONS
.........................................................
361
11.3.6
OTHER OBSERVATIONS
OF
JUPITER
AND
URANUS
.....................
367
11.3.7
SOLAR
AND
LUNAR ECLIPSES
...............................................
368
11.3.8
TRANSITS
OF
MERCURY
........................................................
371
11.3.9
JOVIAN SATELLITE PHENOMENA
...........................................
373
11.3.10
LUNAR
OCCULTATIONS
OF
STARS
...........................................
375
11.3.11
LUNAR
OCCULTATIONS
OF
PLANETS
........................................
381
11.4 CONCLUDING
REMARKS
......................................................................
382
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
383
12 POWER,
POLITICS
AND
PRESTIGE: THE RUSSELL-TEBBUTT
FEUD
.....................
393
12.1 INTRODUCTION
....................................................................................
393
12.2 FROM
FRIEND
TO
FOE: NARRATIVE
OF
A
DETERIORATING
RELATIONSHIP
...................................................................................
394
12.3 A
FULLY FRONTAL ATTACK: THE
SYDNEY MORNING
HERALD
AND
THE
PAMPHLET
............................................................................
419
12.4 PAYING
A
HEAVY
PRICE:
THE
CONSEQUENCES
OF
CONFRONTATION
.........
430
12.5 CONCLUDING
REMARKS
......................................................................
438
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
439
13
ASTRONOMERS IN
ISOLATION:
A
NEW
BRANCH
OF
THE
BRITISH
ASTRONOMICAL
ASSOCIATION
.......................................................................
449
13.1
INTRODUCTION
....................................................................................
449
13.2
ASTRONOMICAL
AGITATION
IN
SYDNEY: THE
MOOTED
AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMICAL
SOCIETY
...................................................
450
13.3
ORGANISING ASTRONOMY IN
SYDNEY: FORMATION
OF
THE
BAA BRANCH
.........................................................................
453
CONTENTS
XXIII
13.4
PROGRESS
OR
PERISH: THE
CRITICAL FIRST 5 YEARS
................................
458
13.5
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: THE
VITAL ROLE PLAYED BY TEBBUTT
...............
465
13.6
CONCLUDING REMARKS
......................................................................
470
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
471
14
15
THE
END
OF AN
ERA: A WELCOME
AND
WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT...........
479
14.1
INTRODUCTION
....................................................................................
479
14.2
AN INEVITABLE DECISION:
THE END
OF
AN
ILLUSTRIOUS `CAREER
..........
480
14.3
A `CLAYTON S
RETIREMENT :
POST-1903
ASTRONOMICAL
ACTIVITIES......
485
14.4
HONOURS
AT
HOME
AND
ABROAD:
RIGHTFUL
RECOGNITION
AT
LONG LAST
...................................................................................
492
14.5
CONCLUDING REMARKS
......................................................................
507
REFERENCES
.................................................................................................
510
THE
SEQUEL: FROM SCIENTIFIC
OBSERVATORY
TO
MUSEUM
OF
ASTRONOMY
...........................................................................................
517
15.1
INTRODUCTION
....................................................................................
517
15.2
A TALE
OF
LOOSE
ENDS: DISPERSAL
OF
THE
WINDSOR
OBSERVATORY
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
................................................
518
15.3
REFURBISHED
AS A
MUSEUM
OF
ASTRONOMY:
A
NEW ROLE
FOR
AN
HISTORIC
OBSERVATORY
...........................................................
533
REFERENCES
.....:...........................................................................................
543
INDEX
.................................................................................................................
547
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| adam_txt |
CONTENTS
PART
I
OVERVIEW
1
JOHN
TEBBUTT:
AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMER
EXTRAORDINAIRE
.
3
1.1
INTRODUCTION
.
3
1.2
TEBBUTT: THE MAN
.
4
1.3
THE FORMATIVE YEARS
.
9
1.4
THE GREAT COMET
OF
1861
.
12
1.5
THE
FIRST
OBSERVATORY
.
14
1.6
AN EMERGING REPUTATION
.
16
1.7 STILL
MORE TELESCOPES
AND
OBSERVATORIES
.
17
1.8
A
SUCCESSION
OF
SOCIETIES
.
19
1.9
A COMMITMENT
TO
OBSERVATIONAL
ASTRONOMY
.
20
1.10
ASTRONOMY
AND
BEYOND
.
29
1.11
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS APLENTY
.
32
1.12
PROMOTING POPULAR
INTEREST
IN ASTRONOMY
.
35
1.13
A MAGNIFICENT RESEARCH
AND
REFERENCE
LIBRARY
.
38
1.14
STATUS
AND
RECOGNITION
.
40
1.15
JUST REWARDS
.
42
1.16
AN ENDURING
LEGACY
.
43
1.17
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
44
REFERENCES
.
47
2
AN
INVALUABLE
RESOURCE: THE
`TEBBUTT
COLLECTION'
IN
THE
MITCHELL LIBRARY, SYDNEY
.
55
2.1
INTRODUCTION: THE
C41/ICHAARCHIVES
WORKING
GROUP
.
55
2.2
THE TEBBUTT COLLECTION
.
55
2.2.1 BACKGROUND
AND
LISTING
.
55
2.2.2
INWARD LETTERS
.
58
2.2.3 ASTRONOMICAL
JOURNALS, 1853-1902
.
64
2.2.4 OBSERVATIONAL
NOTEBOOKS, 1862-1865,1879-1882,
1884-1905
.
67
XIX
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE'A
XX
CONTENTS
2.2.5
DETERMINATION
OF
LATITUDE, 1882,
AND
DETERMINATION
OF
LONGITUDE,
1885-1887
.
67
2.2.6
EXTRACTS
FROM
PERIODICALS
ETC
.
68
2.2.7 HOT
WINDS, 1862-1863;
AND
METEOROLOGICAL
OBSERVATIONS,
1863-1913
.
69
2.2.8
CATALOGUE
OF
THE
WINDSOR
OBSERVATORY
LIBRARY
.
69
2.2.9 OTHER RECORDS
.
71
2.3 THE MISSING RECORDS
.
71
2.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS
.
74
REFERENCES
.
75
PART
II BACKGROUND
CONTEXT
3 THE DEVELOPMENT
OF
PROFESSIONAL
ASTRONOMY
IN
THE
NINETEENTH
CENTURY
AUSTRALIA
.
81
3.1 INTRODUCTION
.
81
3.2
SIR THOMAS
BRISBANE:
PIONEERING DAYS
AT
PARRAMATTA
OBSERVATORY
.
83
3.3
FROM
IMPERIAL
TO
INDEPENDENT
ASTRONOMY:
THE DEVELOPMENT
OF
THE
COLONIAL OBSERVATORIES
.
85
3.4
CONCLUDING REMARKS
.
101
REFERENCES
.
102
4
THE ROLE
OF
THE
INDEPENDENT ASTRONOMER
IN EARLY
AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY
.
109
4.1 INTRODUCTION
.
109
4.2
A CAVALCADE
OF
COMETS
AND
TRANSITS:
THE
GROWTH
OF
POPULAR
INTEREST
IN ASTRONOMY
.
110
4.3 INDEPENDENT
ASTRONOMERS
TO
THE
FORE:
THE
RISE
OF
THE
PRIVATE
OBSERVATORIES
.
114
4.4 AN
EVOLVING
SCIENCE:
IMPACT
OF
THE
LEADING
NON-PROFESSIONAL
ASTRONOMERS
ON
AUSTRALIAN
ASTRONOMY
.
118
4.5 PROFESSIONALS
AND
NON-PROFESSIONALS:
COLLEAGUES
OR
COMPETITORS?
.
124
4.6 CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
127
REFERENCES
.
127
PART
III
CASE
STUDIES
5
INTRODUCTION
.
135
REFERENCE
.
137
6 THE
GREAT
COMET
OF
1861: A MAGNIFICENT
CAREER CATALYST
.
139
6.1 INTRODUCTION
.
139
6.2 A `NEBULA'
IS NOTED: DISCOVERY
OF
THE
GREAT COMET
OF
1861.
141
CONTENTS
7
8
9
XXI
6.3
RIDICULE
AND
RANCOUR:
THE
PRICE
OF
PUBLICISING
FURTHER
OBSERVATIONS
.
144
6.4
A
CELESTIAL
SPECTACLE:
THE
COMET
IN
NORTHERN
SKIES
.
160
6.5
RECOVERY
OF
THE
COMET:
ITS
REAPPEARANCE
IN AUSTRALIAN
SKIES. 164
6.6
RIGHTFUL
RECOGNITION:
COMPENSATING
FOR
THE
PASSAGE
OF
TIME
AND
TYRANNY
OF
DISTANCE
.
165
6.7
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
167
REFERENCES
.
168
AN
URGE
FOR INDEPENDENCE:
THE
SYDNEY
OBSERVATORY
DIRECTORSHIP
.
173
7.1
INTRODUCTION
.
173
7.2
TRIALS
AND
TRIBULATIONS:
THE
FIRST
SYDNEY
OBSERVATORY
DIRECTORSHIP
.
174
7.3
JOHN
TEBBUTT
OF
NEIGHBOURING
WINDSOR:
THE
IDEAL
NEW
DIRECTOR?
.
179
7.4
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
195
REFERENCES
.
200
FROM
HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS:
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF
WINDSOR
OBSERVATORY
.
205
8.1
INTRODUCTION
.
205
8.2
A SERIOUS
COMMITMENT
TO
OBSERVATIONAL
ASTRONOMY:
PURCHASE
OF
THE
JONES
REFRACTOR
.
206
8.3
WHOLLY
THE
WORK
OF
MY
OWN
HANDS':
THE
FIRST
WINDSOR
OBSERVATORY
BUILDING
.
210
8.4
A NEW
HOME
FOR
A
NEW
TELESCOPE:
THE
SECOND
WOODEN
OBSERVATORY
.
217
8.5
A PROPER
ASTRONOMICAL
CENTRE:
THE
SUBSTANTIAL
BRICK
BUILDING
OF
1879
.
222
8.6
ACCOMMODATING
THE
EIGHT
INCH:
THE
DEMAND
FOR
A
NEW
BRICK
OBSERVATORY
.
235
8.7
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
239
REFERENCES
.
248
A
TIMELY
SPECTACLE:
THE
GREAT
COMET
OF
1881
.
255
9.1
INTRODUCTION
.
255
9.2
A SUCCESSFUL
SCAN
OF
THE
SOUTHERN
SKY:
DISCOVERY
OF
A
NEW
COMET
.
256
9.3
AN EVOLVING
OBJECT:
SUBSEQUENT
OBSERVATIONS
OF
THE
COMET.
259
9.4
AN ENDURING
LEGACY:
THE
GREAT
COMET'S
CONTRIBUTION
TO
ASTRONOMY
.
269
9.5
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
281
REFERENCES
.
286
XXII
CONTENTS
10
AN
ABORTIVE ASSOCIATION:
THE AUSTRALIAN
COMET
CORPS
.
293
10.1 INTRODUCTION
.
293
10.2
AN
ASSOCIATION
OF
OBSERVERS:
THE
PROPOSED
`AUSTRALIAN
COMET
CORPS'
.
294
10.3
IN
SEARCH
OF
COMETS: PUTTING
THE
CONCEPT
TO THE
TEST
.
305
10.4 A
COMBINATION
OF
FACTORS: THE DEMISE
OF
THE
AUSTRALIAN
COMET CORPS
.:.
307
10.5
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
314
REFERENCES
.
314
11 A
GAIN IN LIGHT GRASP:
THE LEGACY
OF
THE
GRUBB TELESCOPE
.
319
11.1
INTRODUCTION
.
319
11.2 THE
TYRANNY
OF
DISTANCE: TEBBUTT'S PURCHASE
OF
THE
TELESCOPE
.
320
11.3
EXPLOITING
THE
INCREASED LIGHT
GRASP
AND
A
DRIVE:
AN
ONGOING COMMITMENT
TO
OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY
.
321
11.3.1
COMETARY
POSITIONS
.
322
11.3.2
VARIABLE STARS
.
337
11.3.3
DOUBLE
STARS
.
344
11.3.4
MINOR
PLANET
POSITIONS
.
355
11.3.5
PLANETARY POSITIONS
.
361
11.3.6
OTHER OBSERVATIONS
OF
JUPITER
AND
URANUS
.
367
11.3.7
SOLAR
AND
LUNAR ECLIPSES
.
368
11.3.8
TRANSITS
OF
MERCURY
.
371
11.3.9
JOVIAN SATELLITE PHENOMENA
.
373
11.3.10
LUNAR
OCCULTATIONS
OF
STARS
.
375
11.3.11
LUNAR
OCCULTATIONS
OF
PLANETS
.
381
11.4 CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
382
REFERENCES
.
383
12 POWER,
POLITICS
AND
PRESTIGE: THE RUSSELL-TEBBUTT
FEUD
.
393
12.1 INTRODUCTION
.
393
12.2 FROM
FRIEND
TO
FOE: NARRATIVE
OF
A
DETERIORATING
RELATIONSHIP
.
394
12.3 A
FULLY FRONTAL ATTACK: THE
SYDNEY MORNING
HERALD
AND
THE
PAMPHLET
.
419
12.4 PAYING
A
HEAVY
PRICE:
THE
CONSEQUENCES
OF
CONFRONTATION
.
430
12.5 CONCLUDING
REMARKS
.
438
REFERENCES
.
439
13
ASTRONOMERS IN
ISOLATION:
A
NEW
BRANCH
OF
THE
BRITISH
ASTRONOMICAL
ASSOCIATION
.
449
13.1
INTRODUCTION
.
449
13.2
ASTRONOMICAL
AGITATION
IN
SYDNEY: THE
MOOTED
AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMICAL
SOCIETY
.
450
13.3
ORGANISING ASTRONOMY IN
SYDNEY: FORMATION
OF
THE
BAA BRANCH
.
453
CONTENTS
XXIII
13.4
PROGRESS
OR
PERISH: THE
CRITICAL FIRST 5 YEARS
.
458
13.5
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: THE
VITAL ROLE PLAYED BY TEBBUTT
.
465
13.6
CONCLUDING REMARKS
.
470
REFERENCES
.
471
14
15
THE
END
OF AN
ERA: A WELCOME
AND
WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT.
479
14.1
INTRODUCTION
.
479
14.2
AN INEVITABLE DECISION:
THE END
OF
AN
ILLUSTRIOUS `CAREER'
.
480
14.3
A `CLAYTON'S
RETIREMENT':
POST-1903
ASTRONOMICAL
ACTIVITIES.
485
14.4
HONOURS
AT
HOME
AND
ABROAD:
RIGHTFUL
RECOGNITION
AT
LONG LAST
.
492
14.5
CONCLUDING REMARKS
.
507
REFERENCES
.
510
THE
SEQUEL: FROM SCIENTIFIC
OBSERVATORY
TO
MUSEUM
OF
ASTRONOMY
.
517
15.1
INTRODUCTION
.
517
15.2
A TALE
OF
LOOSE
ENDS: DISPERSAL
OF
THE
WINDSOR
OBSERVATORY
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
.
518
15.3
REFURBISHED
AS A
MUSEUM
OF
ASTRONOMY:
A
NEW ROLE
FOR
AN
HISTORIC
OBSERVATORY
.
533
REFERENCES
.:.
543
INDEX
.
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