Demonstrates the reason for Herschel's renown was due to the notion that his voyage was aligned with imperial ambition. It is the purpose of this book to make a case for the scientific, cultural and political singificance of his voyage and observations, as a means of demonstrating the relationship of science to imperial culture.
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John Herschel's plan to survey the southern heavens arose in part from his desire to complete the astronomical work begun by his father. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hemisphere astronomical observations, scientific figurehead, scientific traveling, southern hemisphere astronomy, astronomical labors, honorary dinner, telescopic survey, astronomical drawings, solar spots, southern heavens, astronomical survey, new nebulae, scientific reformers, private adventure, independent gentleman, scientific voyage, polar distance, northern heavens, double stars, astronomical work Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Herschel, Cape Results, Royal Society, Cape of Good Hope, Herschel's Cape, New York, William Herschel, Cape Town, Algernon Percy, Preliminary Discourse, Alexander von Humboldt, Brian Warner, Duke of Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Charles Darwin, Philosophical Magazine, Joseph Banks, Royal Observatory, William Whewell, Cambridge University Press, Charles Babbage, Peter Stewart, Quarterly Review, South Africa, Basil Hall New!
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hemisphere astronomical observations, scientific figurehead, scientific traveling, southern hemisphere astronomy, astronomical labors, honorary dinner, telescopic survey, astronomical drawings, solar spots, southern heavens, astronomical survey, new nebulae, scientific reformers, private adventure, independent gentleman, scientific voyage, polar distance, northern heavens, double stars, astronomical work Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Herschel, Cape Results, Royal Society, Cape of Good Hope, Herschel's Cape, New York, William Herschel, Cape Town, Algernon Percy, Preliminary Discourse, Alexander von Humboldt, Brian Warner, Duke of Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Charles Darwin, Philosophical Magazine, Joseph Banks, Royal Observatory, William Whewell, Cambridge University Press, Charles Babbage, Peter Stewart, Quarterly Review, South Africa, Basil Hall New!
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- Visions of Empire: Voyages, Botany, and Representations of Nature by David Philip Miller on 5 pages
- The Shadow of the Telescope: A Biography of John Herschel by Gunther Buttman on 5 pages
- Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Other Evolutionary Writings by Robert Chambers on 5 pages
- Two on a Tower (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy on 4 pages
- A Treatise on Astronomy by Sir John Frederick William Herschel on 4 pages
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