Practical Talks by an Astronomer

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Harold Jacoby

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Originally published in 1902, Practical Talks by an Astronomer is a narrative account of the author. It contains an interesting overview of Astronomy, written at the turn of the 20th century. It is composed of eighteen topics in two hundred and ten pages with actual photographs of the moon on the first quarter, Spiral nebula in constellation Leo, nebula in Andromeda, the Dumb-Bell nebula, star-field in constellation Monoceros, solar corona on a total eclipse, a forty-ich telescope in Yerkes observatory and the Yerkes observatory in the University of Chicago.

Author Biography:

Harold Jacoby, born in New York City, USA, was an American astronomer known for the determination of accurate star positions from the measurement of photographic plates. He was also was significant in providing entry-level employment for women astronomers in the early twentieth century. He attended Columbia University, earning his AB in 1885 and Ph.D. in 1896. He became an assistant in geodesy and practical astronomy at Columbia 3 years after completing his doctoral work. However, the turning point of his early career came when he joined the 1889 American expedition that sailed aboard the USS Pensacola to observe a solar eclipse from Cape Ledo, Angola.

Release date Australia

August 16th, 2017

Author

Harold Jacoby

Audience

General (US: Trade)

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Dimensions

152x229x5

ISBN-13

9781974447046

Product ID

37380976

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