Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

224 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

history science informative medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Astronomy was a popular and important part of Victorian science, and British astronomers carried telescopes and spectroscopes to remote areas of India, the Great Plains of North America, and islands in the Caribbean and Pacific to watch the sun ec...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...