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The Heavens on Earth explores the place of the observatory in nineteenth-century science and culture. Astronomy was a core pursuit for observatories, but usually not the only one. It belonged to a larger group of "observatory sciences" that also included geodesy, meteorology, geomagnetism, and even parts of physics and statistics. These pursuits coexisted in the nineteenth-century observatory; this collection surveys them as a coherent whole. Broadening the focus beyond the solitary astronomer at his telescope, it illuminates the observatory's importance to technological, military, political, and colonial undertakings, as well as in advancing and popularizing the mathematical, physical, and cosmological sciences.The contributors examine "observatory techniques" developed and used not only in connection with observatories but also by instrument makers in their workshops, navy officers on ships, civil engineers in the field, and many others. These techniques included the calibration and coordination of precision instruments for making observations and taking measurements; methods of data acquisition and tabulation; and the production of maps, drawings, and photographs, as well as numerical, textual, and visual representations of the heavens and the earth. They also encompassed the social management of personnel within observatories, the coordination of international scientific collaborations, and interactions with dignitaries and the public. The state observatory occupied a particularly privileged place in the life of the city. With their imposing architecture and ancient traditions, state observatories served representative purposes for their patrons, whether as symbols of a monarch's enlightened power, a nation's industrial and scientific excellence, or republican progressive values. Focusing on observatory techniques in settings from Berlin, London, Paris, and Rome to Australia, Russia, Thailand, and the United States, The Heavens on Earth is a major contribution to the history of science.Contributors: David Aubin, Charlotte Bigg, Guy Boistel, Theresa Levitt, Massimo Mazzotti, Ole Molvig, Simon Schaffer, Martina Schiavon , H. Otto Sibum, Richard Staley, John Tresch, Simon Werrett, Sven Widmalm

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Publié par	Duke University Press
Date de parution	26 janvier 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780822392507
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	16 Mo

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the heavens on earth a

science and

cultural theory

A Series Edited by

Barbara Herrnstein Smith

andE.RoyWeintraub

the heavens on earth a

Observatories and

Astronomy in Nineteenth

Century Science and Culture

Edited bydavid aubin, charlotte bigg, and h. otto sibum

duke university press Durham and London 2010

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. SÔÉ Ô É ÔŝÉàÔÉŝ û  É UÉ SàÉŝ û É ÔŝÉàÔ ÔÉÉ3 . TÉ Pàŝ OŝÉàÔ ûÉ É VÉÉ5 . TÉ GàÉ àŝ Éàç ÉÉŝçÔÉ à É Pàŝ OŝÉàÔ  É ŝ9 . Gàûŝŝ Éàŝû É àÉç iÉ Ô É Eà à É GöÉ OŝÉàÔ12 –. TàÉ Ô çÔÉç É Éŝ Ô É ŝÉ à ŝÉ Ô É ÔÔ; àÉ  Ôà  àçÉ àŝ à ûçÔ Ô àÉ14 . BÔ Ô Ôŝ ÉÉÔÔÔçà àŝ17 . àÇÔŝ PÉÉ’ŝ ÉÔÉç ŝàÔ  M’Sàà, AÉà19 . M. PÉ’ŝ PàÉà  ÔÔ23 . PÔà Ô É àŝÔÔÉ Pà RÔŝÉÉ  jûÉŝ VÉÉ’ŝ Of à Comét!27 . PûÔÔ OŝÉàÔ i Éàŝ àÉ  àŝ û34 . PÔà Ô àÉ AÉÔ SÉçç60 . TÉ MÉ ÉûàÔà à É cÔÉÔ RÔàÔ OŝÉàÔ61 . TÉ ÔÉŝ Ô É cÔÉÔ RÔàÔ OŝÉàÔ62 . SÉçç’ŝ ÉÉÔÔà65 . TÉ ÉçŝÉ Ô  àŝ à  Tàçç73 . SÉçç à çÔàÔàÔŝ’ ÉÉŝÉàÔ Ô ŝÔà ÔÉçÉŝ75 . dà Ô É Bà Ô wàÔ à É É Ô É ÉçŝÉ Ô Aûûŝ 87

. TÉ çà àŝ ÔÔàÉ  ÉÉŝ Ô É Éç ÉÉÔ Ô Tàà94 –. PÔà Ô K MÔû (àç à Ô Ô ÔÔà)97 . “SààÉŝ” ŝÔÔ à É ÔÔ û à ûà ÉçŝÉ  AÔÉû102 . SÉ Ô Pàààà OŝÉàÔ  É -ÉÉ çÉû119 . Pà Ô Pàààà OŝÉàÔ121 . PÔà Ô S TÔàŝ BŝàÉ, ÔÉÔ Ô NÉ SÔû wàÉŝ130 . Sçà ûàà150 . BÔà’ŝ ŝààÉ ŝÉÉ Ô Ôàç ÔÔÉç çàçûàÔŝ154 . AÉŝ RÔçÔ’ŝ àç ÉÔ Ô çÔû çÔÉçÔŝ Ô ûà ŝàçÉŝ156 . Pàççà à  É ûŝÉ Ô ŝÉàŝ Ô É Ô-Ôà ŝçÔÔ borà158 . Eà Ô É àà ÔŝÉàÔ  É MÔŝÔûŝ Pà, Pàŝ165 . MÉà à ààÉ àçŝ ÉàŝûÉ Ô É ÉÉŝà ÔÉ ÉÉÉ  à 186 . GÉÉà àûàÔ Ô àçÉ202 . Aûà ÉÉàÔ ççÉ209 . GÉÔÉç ûçÔ Ô àçÉ à AÉà216 . PÔà Ô GÉÉà àÇÔŝ PÉÉ218 –. Éàû’ŝ ÉÉ-à ÉàŝûÉÉ ààÉÉ (); MçÉŝÔ’ŝ ÉÉ-à ÉàŝûÉÉ ààÉÉ ()238 . TÉ ç OŝÉàÔ Ô MÔû HàÔ û çÔŝûçÔ  É ŝ242 . AŝÔÔÉŝ Ô É ŝÉŝ Ô YÉÉŝ OŝÉàÔ Ô  OçÔÉ 244 . TÉÉŝçÔÉŝ ÔŝÉÉ É ÉçŝÉ Ô 254 . HûÔ’ŝ à BÔà’ŝ “GÉÔà Ô EûÔà Pàŝ”274 . TÉ cÔÉ Pàŝ, PÉŝÉ, ûûÉ293

. A ŝà à àÔ ÉàÉŝ Ô ÔçàÉ É çÔÉ Ô 294 . Pûç àçàÔ  àŝÔÔ É ç Éŝ, “Pàà, É É ÔÔ”297 . Pà Ô É ÉçŝÉ Ô   ŝÔûÉàŝ àçÉ298 . TàÉ Ô ÉçÉ Éŝ Ô É ÉçŝÉ Ô 300 . A àÉ Ô É Pàŝ OŝÉàÔ ÔÉÔÔ Ô 301 . TÉ çàÉŝ  É ŝÉçû Ô çàçû Ô É BûŝÉ làÉ Ô Sûŝ309 –. PÔûà ÉàçÔŝ Ô É ÉçŝÉ Ô ; ÉÉ à VÉûŝ Ô É PàçÉ û cĀÉÉ, Pàŝ,  311 . SÔ AçÉÔ’ŝ Ôûà ÔŝÉàÔ  TÉÔ  312 . SàÉ ŝÉ ŝÔ à ÉçŝÉ Ô É ŝû  É Éà àŝ ŝÉÉ Ô É ÔÔ314 . NÔà ÔçÉ à  Gàà û É ÉçŝÉ ÉÉÔ Ô 316 . w. j. S. ÔçÉ Éà Ô ÔŝÉÉ É ÉÔ ÉÉÔ ŝÔÉ (–)317 . ÔçÉ’ŝ ÔŝÉàÔ  Bàà, ïà, Ô ÔŝÉÉ É ŝÔà ÉçŝÉ Ô 319 . TÉ Éà ÉÉŝçÔÉ à É UÉŝà EÔ Ô 322 . àŝçàÉ Ô É çàÔÉÔûŝ àÉ ŝÔ à ÔÉ Ô MÉÉ’ŝ Uàà ŝÔŝ327 . TÉ Uàà’ŝ ÉàÉ à328 . àÇàÉ Ô É Uàà  É AûŝŝÉûŝà  BÉ329 . cÔÉ Ô É iŝ ŝŝûÉ Ô É Uàà’ŝ ÉÔçà,Hmmé ûn eré331 . OŝÉ É ŝÔà ÉçŝÉ Ô  A  à É Uàà333 . àÇàÉ Ô É Uàà  É TàûÉŝàŝŝÉ334