{"product_id":"the-scientific-papers-of-william-parsons-third-earl-of-rosse-1800-1867-paperback-9781108038072","title":"The Scientific Papers of William Parsons, Third Earl of Rosse 1800–1867 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108038072","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Scientific Papers of William Parsons, Third Earl of Rosse 1800–1867\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection of scientific papers by William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, a distinguished astronomer, was published in 1926.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Parsons (Author), Charles Parsons (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108038072, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages, 18 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 1.4 cm, 0.63 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\"\u003eWilliam 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the Edinburgh Journal of Science: 1. 1828. Account of a new reflecting telescope\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1828. Account of an apparatus for grinding and polishing the specula of reflecting telescopes\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1830. Account of a series of experiments on the construction of large reflecting telescopes\u003cbr\u003e From the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: 4. 1840. Account of the three-feet telescope T. R. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 5. 1845. On Lord Rosse's telescope T. R. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1848. On Lord Rosse's telescope T. R. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 7. 1848. Observation of the nebula, Herschel 44 T. R. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1848. Contents of an ancient bronze vessel, in the collection of the Earl of Rosse T. R. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e From Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science: 9. 1843. Presidential address by the Earl of Rosse\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1844. On the construction of large reflecting telescopes\u003cbr\u003e 11. 1851. Plain specula of silver\u003cbr\u003e 12. 1852. Drawings to illustrate recent observations on nebulae\u003cbr\u003e 13. 1853. First report of the committee … on the physical characteristics of the Moon's surface\u003cbr\u003e 14. 1857. Mechanical science\u003cbr\u003e 15. 1859. Mathematics and physics\u003cbr\u003e From Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: 16. 1854. Notes on experiments relative to lunar photography and the construction of reflecting specula\u003cbr\u003e 17. 1866. Description of an equatoreal clock\u003cbr\u003e The Royal Society: 18. 1854. Address of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Rosse\u003cbr\u003e From the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: 19. 1840. An account of experiments on the reflecting telescope\u003cbr\u003e 20. 1844. Observations on some of the nebulae\u003cbr\u003e 21. 1850. Observations on the nebulae\u003cbr\u003e 22. 1861. On the construction of specula of six-feet aperture, and a selection from the observations of nebulae made with them\u003cbr\u003e 23. 1867. An account of the observations on the great nebula in Orion, made at Birr Castle, with the 3-feet and 6-feet telescopes, between 1848 and 1867\u003cbr\u003e Institution of Naval Architects: 24. 1854–65. 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