{"product_id":"six-months-in-ascension-an-unscientific-account-of-a-scientific-expedition-paperback-9781108014281","title":"Six Months in Ascension; An Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108014281","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSix Months in Ascension\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fascinating Victorian memoir of Lady Gill, wife of famed scientist David Gill, of an astronomical expedition to Ascension Island.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsobel Sarah Black Gill (Author), David Gill (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108014281, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSix Months in Ascension, first published in 1878, contains an account by Isobel Sarah B. Gill of the 1877 scientific expedition to the island of Ascension, in the South Atlantic, undertaken to measure the distance of the sun from the earth by observing the opposition of the planet Mars. The expedition, funded by the Royal Astronomical Society, was led by Isobel's husband, the astronomer David Gill, with a heliometer and other scientific instruments provided by Lord Lindsay. Isobel accompanied the expedition as her husband's companion. Her account offers personal details and stories omitted from the scientific reports on the expedition written by her husband and colleagues and it contains beautiful descriptions of the island of Ascension. The book offers a rare view of the personal, practical and behind-the-scenes side of a nineteenth-century scientific expedition and provides a fascinating insight into the gender roles of learned Victorian society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction David Gill\u003cbr\u003e 1. Why we went\u003cbr\u003e 2. The voyage\u003cbr\u003e 3. St. Helena\u003cbr\u003e 4. What Ascension looked like\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ascension past and present\u003cbr\u003e 6. Round about Garrison\u003cbr\u003e 7. A night on the Clinker\u003cbr\u003e 8. Change and check\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mars Bay\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Sunday scene\u003cbr\u003e 11. The opposition of Mars\u003cbr\u003e 12. The sea-shore and the rollers\u003cbr\u003e 13. Green Mountain\u003cbr\u003e 14. Sunday at the mountain\u003cbr\u003e 15. Why we had only a gallon of water\u003cbr\u003e 16. Trips from Garden Cottage\u003cbr\u003e 17. Mars Bay without a cook\u003cbr\u003e 18. Wide-awake fair\u003cbr\u003e 19. Last days at Mars Bay\u003cbr\u003e 20. Christmas in Garrison\u003cbr\u003e 21. About the Kroomen\u003cbr\u003e 22. Clinker Cemeteries\u003cbr\u003e 23. Christmas holidays\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Devil's riding school\u003cbr\u003e 25. Homeward bound.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Solar system: the Sun \u0026amp; planets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Solar system: the Sun \u0026amp; planets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Solar%20system:%20the%20Sun%20\u0026amp;%20planets%20%5BPGS%5D%22\"\u003ePGS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265934119192,"sku":"9781108014281","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108014281i.jpg?v=1694869305","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/six-months-in-ascension-an-unscientific-account-of-a-scientific-expedition-paperback-9781108014281","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}