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Author Olson, Roberta J. M.

Title Fire in the sky : comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science / Roberta J. M. Olson and Jay M. Pasachoff.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1998.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  704.9495236 Ol8f 1998    ---  Available
Description xiv, 369 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-362) and index.
Contents 1. Prelude : the beginning of telescopic astronomy and the background of British astronomy and artistic traditions -- 2. The heavens on fire : the eighteenth century -- 3. The comet-crazed century opens -- 4. The triumph of realism -- 5. Donati's comet, the watershed -- 6. The origin of comet (and meteor) photography -- 7. The triumph of the imagination -- 8. Comets and the new century -- Epilogue : comets and the new millennium.
Subject Art, British -- 18th century.
Art, British -- 19th century.
Comets in art.
Meteors in art.
Astronomy -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Astronomy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Added Author Pasachoff, Jay M.
ISBN 0521630606 (hardcover)

 
    
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