Warner Observatory: A Dream Becomes Reality
The cider mill was working great for Swift. The roof gave him a nice view of the sky by seeing over buildings and trees. But there were a couple of problems. First, there was nothing to block the winter winds, which could be brutal. Second, he had fallen
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Gary W. Kronk
Lewis Swift Celebrated Comet Hunter and the People’s Astronomer
Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Historical & Cultural Astronomy EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman W. BUTLER BURTON, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA ([email protected]); University of Leiden, The Netherlands, ([email protected]) JAMES EVANS, University of Puget Sound, USA MILLER GOSS, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA JAMES LEQUEUX, Observatoire de Paris, France SIMON MITTON, St. Edmund’s College Cambridge University, UK WAYNE ORCHISTON, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Thailand MARC ROTHENBERG, AAS Historical Astronomy Division Chair, USA VIRGINIA TRIMBLE, University of California Irvine, USA XIAOCHUN SUN, Institute of History of Natural Science, China GUDRUN WOLFSCHMIDT, Institute for History of Science and Technology, Germany More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15156
Gary W. Kronk
Lewis Swift Celebrated Comet Hunter and the People's Astronomer
Gary W. Kronk Fenton, Missouri, USA
ISSN 2509-310X ISSN 2509-3118 (electronic) Historical & Cultural Astronomy ISBN 978-3-319-63720-4 ISBN 978-3-319-63721-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63721-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017947511 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
Astronomers are influenced by the surrounding society’s values as much as the rest of us. I believe that the ‘spirit of the times’ was a powerful influence on the astronomical researches Lewis Swift (1820–1913) carried out during the mid to late nineteenth century. He gr
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