William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse Astronomy and the Castle in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

A revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Charles Mollan is a retired science administrator, editor and publisher, and a historian of Irish science

Zusammenfassung

A revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s

Produktdetails

• Autoren: R.charles Mollan, R. Charles Mollan
• Mitarbeit: R. Charles Mollan (Herausgeber), R.charles Mollan (Herausgeber), Mollan R.Charles (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.03.2016
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien
• EAN: 9781784993726
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-372-6
• Anzahl Seiten: 392
• Themen: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, SCIENCE / History, astronomy, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, engineering, History of Science, Astronomy, space & time, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy, Scientific research, Anglo-Irish community; architectural initiative; astronomy; Birr Castle; Countess of Rosse; engineering; Irish climate; resident landlord; scientific research; Spiral Galaxy; spiral nebulae; telescopes; the Leviathan; William Parsons, telescopes, the leviathan, Spiral galaxy, William Parsons, spiral nebulae, Birr Castle, architectural initiative, resident landlord, Countess of Rosse, Irish Climate