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

Sommario

Preface - Daniel McDowell
Introduction - Charles Mollan
Succession of the Parsons Family at Birr
1. History of the Parsons family and Birr Castle - The Earl and Countess of Rosse
2. Origin of the 3rd Earl's interest in astronomy - Trevor Weekes
3. Mary, Countess of Rosse (1813-85) - Daniel McDowell, Alison, Countess of Rosse, and David Davison
4. William Parsons' influence on the town and community of Birr - Margaret Hogan
5. Negotiating 'a difficult sectarian terrain': The public life and political opinions of the 3rd Earl of Rosse - Andrew Shields
6. A Consummate Engineer - Charles Mollan
7. Birr Castle observations of non-stellar objects and the development of nebular theories - Wolfgang Steinicke
8. William Parsons and the Irish nineteenth-century tradition of independent astronomical research - Allan Chapman
9. 'A presiding influence': The relations of the 3rd Earl of Rosse with scientific institutions in Britain and Ireland - Simon Schaffer
10. The 3rd Earl of Rosse: An assessment - Trevor Weekes
Select bibliography
Index

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R. Charles Mollan, R.charles Mollan
• Con la collaborazione di: R. Charles Mollan (Editore), R.charles Mollan (Editore), Mollan R.Charles (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.03.2016
• EAN: 9781784993726
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-372-6
• Pagine: 392
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, SCIENCE / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, 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