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The Scientific Papers of William Parsons, Third Earl of Rosse 1800–1867

William Parsons author Charles Parsons editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:3rd Nov '11

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This collection of scientific papers by William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, a distinguished astronomer, was published in 1926.

William Parsons (1800–67), third Earl of Rosse, was responsible for building in 1845 the largest telescope of his time, nicknamed the 'Leviathan'. For forty years he made regular contributions to scientific journals on astronomy and other matters. This collection of his writings was edited by his son in 1926.William Parsons (1800–67), third Earl of Rosse, was responsible for building in 1845 the largest telescope of his time, nicknamed the 'Leviathan'. It enabled the Earl to make unprecedented astronomical discoveries, including the discovery of the spiral nature of galaxies. Rosse (then Lord Oxmantown) began publishing scientific papers on telescopes in 1828, and for the rest of his life made regular contributions to scientific journals in Ireland, England and Scotland. He served as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1843, and of the Royal Society from 1848 to 1854, and his addresses to those societies are also included in this collection. Edited by his younger son, the engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854–1931) and published in 1926, these papers show the wide range of the Earl's interests, from astronomy and telescopes to ancient bronze artefacts and the use of iron in shipbuilding.

ISBN: 9781108038072

Dimensions: 297mm x 210mm x 14mm

Weight: 630g

260 pages