William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse : Astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland /: Astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: R. Charles Mollan.
• Editors: Mollan, R. Charles
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: HISTORY / Europe / Ireland; Social & Cultural History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526101938; 1526101939
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.