Reflections On The Astronomy Of Glasgow A Story Of Some Five Hundred Years
Publisher: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780748678891
Description: This scientific history includes the story of Glasgow's big bang of 1863, the controversy over the position of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and a historical survey of the eight observatories that once populated Glasgow.