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A Cyclopaedia Of Physical Sciences - Comprising Acoustics, Astronomy, Dynamics, Electricity, Heat, Hydrodynamics, Magnetism, Philosophy Of Mathematics, Meteorology, Optics, Pneumatics, Statics &c. &c (Hardcover)
John Pringle Nichol
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R1,321
Discovery Miles 13 210
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John Pringle Nichol (1804-59) was a Scottish polymath whose major
interests were economics and astronomy; he did much to popularise
the latter by his writings. He became Regius Professor of Astronomy
at Glasgow in 1836, and in the following year published Views of
the Architecture of the Heavens which was immediately successful.
George Eliot wrote in a letter of 1841, 'I have been revelling in
Nichol's Architecture of the Heavens and Phenomena of the Solar
System, and have been in imagination winging my flight from system
to system, and from universe to universe ...' Nichol was a
supporter of the nebular hypothesis - that stars form in massive
and dense clouds of molecular hydrogen which are gravitationally
unstable, and coalesce to smaller denser clumps, which then
collapse and form stars - which in modified form is the model most
widely accepted today.
J. P. Nichol (1804-59), astronomer and political economist, was
Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. He
brought astronomy to a non-scientific audience through his
enthusiastic public lectures and astronomy books. His works include
the popular Views of the Architecture of the Heavens (1837; also
reissued in this series) in which he supported the nebular
hypothesis, which in modified form is the model of star formation
most widely accepted today. Neptune was (in 1846) the first planet
to be discovered by mathematical prediction rather than empirical
observation, and in this book, first published in 1855, Nichol
describes that discovery to a lay readership. Part 1 is an
exposition of the then current view of the solar system and the
research and discoveries which led to that view; Part 2 is
dedicated to Neptune; while the third part explains the
controversies over the planet's discovery.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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A Cyclopaedia Of Physical Sciences - Comprising Acoustics, Astronomy, Dynamics, Electricity, Heat, Hydrodynamics, Magnetism, Philosophy Of Mathematics, Meteorology, Optics, Pneumatics, Statics &c. &c (Paperback)
John Pringle Nichol
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R1,149
Discovery Miles 11 490
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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