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Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope 1820-1831 - The Founding of a Colonial Observatory Incorporating a biography of Fearon Fallows (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)
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Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope 1820-1831 - The Founding of a Colonial Observatory Incorporating a biography of Fearon Fallows (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)
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This book, which has been in the making for some eighteen years,
would never have begun were it not for Dr. David Dewhirst in 1976
kindly having shown the author a packet of papers in the archives
of the Cambridge Obser vatories. These letters and miscellaneous
papers of Fearon Fallows sparked an interest in the history of the
Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope which, after the
diversion of producing several books on later phases of the
Observatory, has finally resulted in a detailed study of the origin
and first years of the Observatory's life. Publication of this book
coincides with the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Royal
Observatory, e.G.H. Observatories are built for the use of
astronomers. They are built through astronomers, architects,
engineers and contractors acting in concert (if not always in
harmony). They are constructed, with whatever techniques and skills
are available, from bricks, stones and mortar; but their
construction may take a toll of personal relationships, patience,
and flesh and blood."
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