William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse : astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland /
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| Imprint: | New York : Manchester University Press ; [Dublin] : Royal Dublin Society, 2014. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Royal Dublin society--Science and Irish culture series ; no. 4 Science and Irish culture series ; no. 4. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11756769 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Charles Mollan
- Succesion of the Parsons family at Birr
- History of the Parsons family and Birr Castle / The Earl and Countess of Rosse
- Origin of the 3rd Earl's interest in astronomy / Trevor Weekes
- Mary, Countess of Rosse (1813-85) / Daniel McDowell; Alison, Countess of Rosse ; David Davison
- William Parsons' influence on the town and community of Birr / Margaret Hogan
- Negotiating 'a difficult sectarian terrain': the public life and political opinions of the 3rd Earl of Rosse / Andrew Shields
- A consummate engineer / Charles Mollan
- Birr Castle observations of non-stellar objects and the development of nebular theories / Wolfgang Steinicke
- William Parsons and the Irish nineteenth-century tradition of independent astronomical research / Allan Chapman
- 'A presiding influence': the relations of the 3rd Earl of Rosse with scientific institutions in Britain and Ireland / Simon Schaffer
- The 3rd Earl of Rosse: an assessment / Trevor Weeks.