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The plot concerns railroading on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road), and the movie was largely filmed along that railroad's lines in Montana. The railway yard in Miles City, Montana , was a primary setting, while rural scenes were shot along the railway line through Sixteen Mile Canyon, Montana.
Sir Arthur Eddington publishes The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900–1931 in Cambridge. Comedian Will Hay observes the periodic Great White Spot on Saturn from his private observatory in London. [1] Fritz Zwicky postulates the existence of dark matter. [2]
A Brief History of Astronomy – via Internet Archive. Dreyer, J. L. E. (1953) [1906]. History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler (2nd ed.). Dover Publications. Eastwood, Bruce (2002). The Revival of Planetary Astronomy in Carolingian and Post-Carolingian Europe. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Vol. CS 279. Ashgate. ISBN 0-86078-868-7.
This is a list of science fiction films that premiered between 1 January 1930 and 31 December 1939. In Phil Hardy's book Science Fiction (1983), the 1930s were described as a period where both science fiction literature and cinema were "in turmoil" and that by examining films of decade that "it is clear that Science Fiction, in no sense, can be seen as an ongoing genre in the thirties".
By historical astronomy we include the history of astronomy; what has come to be known as archaeoastronomy; and the application of historical records to modern astrophysical problems." Historical and ancient observations are used to track theoretically long term trends, such as eclipse patterns and the velocity of nebular clouds.
Release date Title Notes January 12, 1930: Night Ride [1] [2] [3]January 19, 1930: Parade of the West: Part-Talkie: January 26, 1930: The Climax: February 8, 1930: The Mounted Stranger
Works about the history of astronomy (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "History of astronomy" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total.
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) .