Astronomy, Meteorology, and Seismology

Astronomy, Meteorology, and Seismology

Author: Robert Simpson Woodward

Publisher: Arkose Press

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 874

ISBN-13: 9781343811805

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History of Oriental Astronomy

History of Oriental Astronomy

Author: S.M. Ansari

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 9401598622

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Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 25-26, 1997


Searching the Heavens and the Earth

Searching the Heavens and the Earth

Author: Agustin Udias

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2003-10-31

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9781402011894

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Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. The history of these observatories has never been published in a complete form. Many early European astronomical observatories were established in Jesuit colleges. During the 17th and 18th centuries Jesuits were the first western scientists to enter into contact with China and India. It was through them that western astronomy was first introduced in these countries. They made early astronomical observations in India and China and they directed for 150 years the Imperial Observatory of Beijing. In the 19th and 20th centuries a new set of observatories were established. Besides astronomy these now included meteorology and geophysics. Jesuits established some of the earliest observatories in Africa, South America and the Far East. Jesuit observatories constitute an often forgotten chapter of the history of these sciences.