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Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson (1811 – September 4, 1870) was an American writer of books on science, astronomy and cookery. [1] Most of her works were published anonymously or under her maiden name. Bouvier's Familiar Astronomy "for the use of schools, families and private students", went through multiple editions in the United States and ...
British children's writer and amateur astronomer Agnes Giberne publishes the popular illustrated book Sun, Moon and Stars: Astronomy for Beginners which sells 24,000 copies on both sides of the Atlantic in twenty years. [1]
Books about astronomy, a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, galaxies, meteoroids, asteroids, and comets
It was donated to the museum by Patricia Hill McCloy and Kathryn Hill Meardon [1], who are descendants of Baker's daughter Carrie. [3] A fictionalized backstory of the creation of the Solar System Quilt is told in the children's book She Stitched The Stars: A Story Of Ellen Harding Baker's Solar System Quilt authored by Jennifer Harris.
The Crawford Collection has first editions of most books relevant to the history of astronomy. This includes many works by the likes of Brahe , Copernicus , Galileo , Kepler and Newton . For the most part, Lord Lindsay collected this library in the 1870s and 1880s.
Janet Taylor (born Jane Ann Ionn, 13 May 1804 – 25 January 1870 [1]) was an English astronomer, navigation expert, mathematician, meteorologist, [2] and founder of the George Taylor Nautical Academy. She was the author of various astronomy and navigation works, and owner of a navigational instrument production and repair warehouse.
Antiquarian science books are original historical works (e.g., books or technical papers) concerning science, mathematics and sometimes engineering.These books are important primary references for the study of the history of science and technology, they can provide valuable insights into the historical development of the various fields of scientific inquiry (History of science, History of ...
His book History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler (1905), is currently printed with the title A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler. [ 7 ] He co-edited the first official history of the Royal Astronomical Society along with Herbert Hall Turner , History of the Royal Astronomical Society 1820–1920 (1923, reprinted 1987) .