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This engrossing and entertaining scientific history includes the story of Glasgow's Big Bang' of 1863, the controversy over Astronomer Royal for Scotland' and a historical survey of the eight observatories that once populated Glasgow.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Glasgow Astronomy; Chapter 2: Some Early Astronomy; Chapter 3: Establishing Astronomy; Chapter 4: The Wilsons; Chapter 5: The Early Nineteenth Century; Chapter 6: A Professor of Eloquence; Chapter 7: The Glory of Glasgow; Chapter 8: Time is of the Essence; Chapter 9: The Turn of The Century; Chapter 10: The Astronomical Society of Glasgow; Chapter 11: University Gardens; Chapter 12: To The New Millennium.

Reflections on the Astronomy of Glasgow

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 30/05/2013
      ISBN13: 9780748678907, 978-0748678907
      ISBN10: 0748678905
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      Book Synopsis
      This engrossing and entertaining scientific history includes the story of Glasgow's Big Bang' of 1863, the controversy over Astronomer Royal for Scotland' and a historical survey of the eight observatories that once populated Glasgow.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1: Glasgow Astronomy; Chapter 2: Some Early Astronomy; Chapter 3: Establishing Astronomy; Chapter 4: The Wilsons; Chapter 5: The Early Nineteenth Century; Chapter 6: A Professor of Eloquence; Chapter 7: The Glory of Glasgow; Chapter 8: Time is of the Essence; Chapter 9: The Turn of The Century; Chapter 10: The Astronomical Society of Glasgow; Chapter 11: University Gardens; Chapter 12: To The New Millennium.

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