pt. I. Ancient astronomy, from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. The origins of astronomy -- Primitive astronomy in China, Chaldea and Egypt -- The cosmology of primitive peoples -- The ...

In the late 19th century, a Scottish immigrant named Williamina Fleming went from working as a maid to a career as a pioneering astronomer. The claim that Fleming went from being a maid to building a ...

WE have read this book with very great interest and with no little pleasure. The authoress (for this learned volume is indeed the product of a lady's pen) has modestly described her “History of ...

Born in London on March 19, 1799, William Rutter Dawes first pursued a career in medicine, then became a clergyman. A longtime amateur astronomer, he established a private observatory at his parish in ...

Recently digitized drawings by a 19th-century artist reveal stunning sunspots, auroras and even planetary bodies as they were observed in the Victorian era. Recently digitized and made available by ...

Title vignette, photograph: Jupiter 1879; Saturn 1885; frontispiece, mounted photograph: The great nebula in Orion SCDIRB has 2 copies. SCDIRB c. 1 (39088000570994) has author's signature and address ...

Etienne Léopold Trouvelot spent hours peering at planets, star clusters, and solar eruptions through a telescope with a grid etched into its glass eyepiece. Born in France in 1827, Trouvelot is most ...

For nearly a century, the 1887 book "Canon of Eclipses" was considered to be the authoritative work on solar and lunar eclipses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Toner Stevenson is affiliated with the University of Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Humanities. She is currently Vice President of Sydney City Skywatchers, an amateur astronomy ...