Introduction: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science and Society

David Aubin; Charlotte Bigg; H. Otto Sibum

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Aubin, David, Bigg, Charlotte and Sibum, H. Otto. "Introduction: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science and Society". The Heavens on Earth: Observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture, edited by David Aubin, Charlotte Bigg, H. Otto Sibum, Barbara Herrnstein Smith and E. Roy Weintraub, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2010, pp. 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822392507-003

Aubin, D., Bigg, C. & Sibum, H. (2010). Introduction: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science and Society. In D. Aubin, C. Bigg, H. Sibum, B. Smith & E. Weintraub (Ed.), The Heavens on Earth: Observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture (pp. 1-32). New York, USA: Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822392507-003

Aubin, D., Bigg, C. and Sibum, H. 2010. Introduction: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science and Society. In: Aubin, D., Bigg, C., Sibum, H., Smith, B. and Weintraub, E. ed. The Heavens on Earth: Observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture. New York, USA: Duke University Press, pp. 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822392507-003

Aubin, David, Bigg, Charlotte and Sibum, H. Otto. "Introduction: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science and Society" In The Heavens on Earth: Observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture edited by David Aubin, Charlotte Bigg, H. Otto Sibum, Barbara Herrnstein Smith and E. Roy Weintraub, 1-32. New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822392507-003

Aubin D, Bigg C, Sibum H. Introduction: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science and Society. In: Aubin D, Bigg C, Sibum H, Smith B, Weintraub E (ed.) The Heavens on Earth: Observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture. New York, USA: Duke University Press; 2010. p.1-32. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822392507-003

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science and Society 1
1. The Astronomical Capital of the World: Pulkovo Observatory in the Russia of Tsar Nicholas I 33
2. The Jesuit on the Roof: Observatory Sciences, Metaphysics, and Nation Building 58
3. Eclipse Politics in France and Thailand, 1868 86
4. Keeping the Books at Paramatta Observatory 118
5. Training Seafarers in Astronomy: Methods, Naval Schools, and Naval Observatories in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century France 148
6. Astronomy as Military Science: The Case of Sweden, ca. 1800–1850 174
7. Geodesy and Map Making in France and Algeria: Between Army Officers and Observatory Scientists 199
8. Michelson and the Observatory: Physics and the Astronomical Community in Late-Nineteenth-Century America 225
9. Even the Tools Will Be Free: Humboldt’s Romantic Technologies 253
10. “I thought this might be of interest . . .”: The Observatory as Public Enterprise 285
11. Staging the Heavens: Astrophysics and Popular Astronomy in the Late Nineteenth Century 305
12. The Berlin Urania, Humboldtian Cosmology, and the Public 325
Bibliography 345
About the Contributors 367
Index 369

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science and Society 1
1. The Astronomical Capital of the World: Pulkovo Observatory in the Russia of Tsar Nicholas I 33
2. The Jesuit on the Roof: Observatory Sciences, Metaphysics, and Nation Building 58
3. Eclipse Politics in France and Thailand, 1868 86
4. Keeping the Books at Paramatta Observatory 118
5. Training Seafarers in Astronomy: Methods, Naval Schools, and Naval Observatories in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century France 148
6. Astronomy as Military Science: The Case of Sweden, ca. 1800–1850 174
7. Geodesy and Map Making in France and Algeria: Between Army Officers and Observatory Scientists 199
8. Michelson and the Observatory: Physics and the Astronomical Community in Late-Nineteenth-Century America 225
9. Even the Tools Will Be Free: Humboldt’s Romantic Technologies 253
10. “I thought this might be of interest . . .”: The Observatory as Public Enterprise 285
11. Staging the Heavens: Astrophysics and Popular Astronomy in the Late Nineteenth Century 305
12. The Berlin Urania, Humboldtian Cosmology, and the Public 325
Bibliography 345
About the Contributors 367
Index 369

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