Lewis Swift : celebrated comet hunter and the people's Astronomer /: celebrated comet hunter and the people's Astronomer. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary W. Kronk.
• Authors: Kronk, Gary W
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Terminology; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Family and Swift's Early Years; Lewis Swift: His Early Life; The Telegraph; Life Changes; The Microscope (A Research Nightmare); Chapter 2: Swift Steps into Astronomy; Comet Swift-Tuttle: Swift's First Comet Discovery; More Life Changes; Swift's First Interview; The Solar Eclipse of 1869; A New Comet: Almost; Observing Meteor Showers; Chapter 3: Duffy's Cider Mill; Coggia's Comet of 1874; An Evening with Professor Swift; Borrelly's Comet of 1874; Lunar Eclipse of October 25, 1874; The Transit of Venus. A Solar Halo Annular Solar Eclipse; The Bausch & Lomb Optical Company and Ernst Gundlach; Johnson Marchant Mundy; Borrelly's Comet of 1877; Swift's Second Comet Discovery: Comet "Swift-Borrelly-ƯBlock" of 1877; Throwing a Curve Ball; Swift's Third Comet Discovery: Comet "Swift" of 1878; Chapter 4: The Solar Eclipse of July 29, 1878; The Prediction of a New Planet; Solar Eclipse of 1878; Swift Briefly Studies the Eclipsed Sun; Swift Searches for Vulcan; Another Astronomer Spots Vulcan; The News Spreads; Negative Reports; The Debates Begin; More Pieces to the Puzzle. Vulcan Observations During Later Eclipses?Chapter 5: Warner Observatory: A Dream Becomes Reality; Hulbert Harrington Warner; Work on the Observatory Begins; The Warner Observatory Is Finally Completed; Chapter 6: Celebrity and Its Consequences; A Possible Comet: Lost; Swift's Fourth Comet Discovery: Comet "Swift" of 1879; The National and Astronomical Clock; A Possible Comet Gets Away; Swift's Fifth Comet Discovery: Comet "Tempel-Swift-ƯLINEAR" of 1880; Warner's Prize and Its Beneficiaries; Swift's Sixth Comet Discovery: The First Comet "Swift" of 1881. Swift Is Mired in Controversy Swift's Seventh Comet Discovery: The Second Comet "Swift" of 1881; Systematic Search for Comets; The Warner Prize Continues; Criticism; More Writing and More Awards; Intentions to See the Solar Eclipse in May 1882; The Great September Comet of 1882; The Transit of Venus; Chapter 7: Edward Emerson Barnard; Barnard Begins Corresponding with Swift; Barnard Finds a Possible Comet; Barnard Finds His First Comet; The Dreaded Fence; Swift Recommends a New Eyepiece; Barnard Goes to Vanderbilt University; Swift Makes Another Mistake. Barnard Goes to Lick ObservatoryChapter 8: Swift's Heyday of Discovery; Swift's Eighth Comet Discovery: Comet "Brooks-Swift" of 1883; Intentions to See the Solar Eclipse in May 1883; Visitors; The Beginning of Swift's Hunt for Nebulae; A Couple of Mistaken Observations; Red Sunsets and Krakatoa; Predicting the Future; Invitation to Microscopists; The Solar Eclipse of 1885; Two More Possible Comets Lost; The Most Prolific Period of Discovery; Earthquakes; Another Possible Comet or Mistaken Measurement of a Nebula?; Simple Lessons in Astronomy; A Plan to Hunt for Comets Out West.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 520.92; Physics; Astronomers -- United States -- Biography; Comets; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; Astronomers; Comets; Physics; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; History of Science; Planetary Sciences; Science -- Physics; Science -- History; History of science; Solar system: the Sun & planets; History; Planetary science; Astronomy, space & time; United States; Electronic books; Biographies; Biography; Biographies; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319637211; 3319637215
• Related ISBNs: 9783319637204; 3319637207
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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