Teneriffe An Astronomers Experiment

Author : Charles Piazzi Smyth
Publisher : London : L. Reeve
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Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment written by Charles Piazzi Smyth and published by London : L. Reeve. This book was released on 1858 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Piazzi Smyth's popular account of an astronomical site in the Canary Islands and the experiments he carried out there. He illustrated it with his own stereo-photographs, and it is generally believed to be the first book illustrated in this manner.

Author : C Piazzi Smyth
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020157066
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Teneriffe, An Astronomer's Experiment written by C Piazzi Smyth and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a fascinating account of the author's astronomical observations during his stay on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Smyth vividly describes his experiences setting up his telescope and taking measurements of the stars, the moon, and other celestial bodies. He also provides a wealth of scientific information on astronomy and geology. This is an essential read for anyone interested in astronomy and the history of scientific exploration. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Charles Piazzi Smyth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331866193
Total Pages : 500 pages
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Download or read book Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment, Or Specialities of a Residence Above the Clouds (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Piazzi Smyth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment, or Specialities of a Residence Above the Clouds The object mainly preposed, was, to ascertain how far astronomical observation can be improved; by eliminating the lower third part of the atmosphere. For the accomplishment of this purpose, an equatorial telescope and other apparatus were conveyed in the yacht to Tenerifi'e, in June and July 1856. There with the approval of the Spanish authorities, (always ready in that island to favour the pursuits of scientific men of any and every country), the instruments were carried up the volcanic flanks of the mountain, to vertical heights of 8900, and feet, and were observed with during two months. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Charles Piazzi Smyth
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781018383316
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Author : Charles Piazzi Smyth
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Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book Report on the Teneriffe Astronomical Experiment of 1856 written by Charles Piazzi Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Piazzi Smyth
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Author : Charles Piazzi Smyth
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230324111
Total Pages : 92 pages
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Download or read book Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment; Or, Specialities of a Residence Above the Clouds written by Charles Piazzi Smyth and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. ADIEU. CEPTEMBER 26th saw us riding from Orotava to Santa Cruz. During the first part of the journey, while still in that depressed or fallen-in region of the valley of Taoro; gardens were thick and close. Of their contents, none were perhaps so admirable as the double oleander; think of a rose-bush at least twenty feet high, and in a perfect explosion of flowers. Peaches were fine, as trees, but the fruit, strangely small; though numerous as the leaves. Date-palms, Phoenix Bactylifera, were not unfrequent; and after ascending the hill surface beyond the valley, villages were passed with almost groves of them. Yet none could be called well-grown. Stunted and stumpy they rather were, more like tree-ferns than palms; and whenever fruit appeared, it seemed dropping off immaturely. Whether the soil or climate be at fault, others must say. The latitude could not be, for in Egypt and Syria, several degrees GARDEN CULTIVATION. 429 north of Canary, date-palms wave on stems as tall and graceful as any in the world. These countries, however, have no Trade-winds Mowing on them every day, as in Teneriffe; not only bringing cold air from the Poles, but producing such mists through the greater part of summer, that the chief portion of solar heat, due to latitude, is reflected back to the blue sky, from a brilliant upper surface of an almost permanent sea of clouds. Under such discouragement, vegetation along the northern coast of the island, is simply not so fine as it might be; with certain exceptions, there is more of the desert, than of the "scenery of plants." These, often most curious, have been admirably described, with all scientific minutiae, by Barker-Webb, and Berthelot, in their unrivalled volumes. The industry of the...

Author : Charles Piazzi Smyth
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Total Pages : 451 pages
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Download or read book Report on the Teneriffe Astronomical Experiment of 1856, Addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. (Astronomical Experiment ... From the Philosophical Transactions. Part II. for 1858.). written by Charles Piazzi SMYTH and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Piazzi Smyth
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Download or read book Astronomical Experiment on the Peak of Teneriffe written by Charles Piazzi Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: