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Kew Observatory and the Evolution of Victorian Science, 1840–1910 (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century) by Lee T. Macdonald is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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Kew Observatory was originally built in 1769 for King George III, a keen amateur astronomer, so that he could observe the transit of Venus. By the mid-nineteenth century, it was a world-leading center for four major sciences: geomagnetism, meteorology, solar physics, and standardization. Long before government cutbacks forced its closure in 1980, the observatory was run by both major bodies responsible for the management of science in Britain: first the British Association for the Advancement of
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- Author
- Lee T. Macdonald
- Publisher
- PA : University of Pittsburgh press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780822945260
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- History, Physics, Astronomy
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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