سفارش تبلیغ
صبا ویژن

Ship & Naval

صفحه خانگی پارسی یار درباره

Sky And Ocean Joined

    نظر
Steven J. Dick, Sky and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000 (Cambridge University Press, 2002), 608 pp. A comprehensive history of the U.S. Naval Observatory, available from Cambridge University Press. Front cover, Sky & Ocean Joined

Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction

Prelude - Perspectives and Problems: The Nation, the Navy, the Stars
  • 1. History of Astronomy
  • 2. History of Science in America
  • 3. Navigation and the U.S. Navy

Part I: The Founding Era, 1830-1865

Chapter 1 - From Depot to National Observatory, 1830-46
  • 1.1 Origins: Goldsborough and the Depot
  • 1.2 Struggle: Wilkes and the Capitol Hill Observatory
  • 1.3 Success: Gilliss and a Permanent Observatory
Chapter 2 - A Choice of Roles: the Maury Years, 1844-1861
  • 2.1 The Setting: Site, Building and Instruments
  • 2.2 Settling In: Maury and His Staff in the Formative Years, 1844-49
  • 2.3 Astronomy vs. Hydrography: Science, Politics and the Navy in the
    Last Decade of the Maury Years
Chapter 3 - Foundations of the American Nautical Almanac Office
  • 3.1 Motives for an American Nautical Almanac
  • 3.2 C. H. Davis: Organizing the Almanac and the Almanac Office
  • 3.3 Opposition and Success
Chapter 4 - Gilliss and the Civil War Years
  • 4.1 Trials and Triumphs
  • 4.2 End of an Era

Part II: The Golden Era, 1866-1893

Chapter 5 - Scientific Life and Work
  • 5.1 Administrative Concerns
  • 5.2 Charting the Heavens
  • 5.3 Time Balls and Telegraphs: Time for the Nation
  • 5.4 Solar Eclipse Expeditions
Chapter 6 - Asaph Hall, the Great Refractor, and the Moons of Mars
  • 6.1 The Great Refractor
  • 6.2 Asaph Hall and the Moons of Mars
  • 6.3 Aftermath: Hall and the 26-inch Refractor after the Discovery
Chapter 7 - William Harkness and the Transits of Venus of 1874 and 1882
  • 7.1 Motives and Preparations: The U. S Commission on the Transit of Venus
  • 7.2 The 1874 Expeditions and Their Results: Newcomb"s Frustration
  • 7.3 The 1882 Expeditions and their Results: The Work of William Harkness
Chapter 8 - Simon Newcomb and his Work
  • 8.1 Nautical Almanac Computer and Naval Observatory Astronomer
  • 8.2 Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac Office, 1877-97
  • 8.3 Newcomb"s Legacy

Part III: The Twentieth Century

Chapter 9 - Observatory Circle: A New Site and Administrative Challenges for
the Twentieth Century
  • 9.1 A New Site: Origins and Development of Observatory Circle
  • 9.2 The Battle for Civilian Control
  • 9.3 War, Depression and Modernization
  • 9.4 Post-War and Space Age Administrative Developments
Chapter 10 - Space: The Astronomy of Position and Its Uses
  • 10.1 The Old Astronomy Meets the New, 1893-1927
  • 10.2 Attempts at Modernization and Origins of the Flagstaff Station, 1927-57
  • 10.3 Positional Astronomy in the Space Age
Chapter 11 - Time: A Service for the World
  • 11.1 Universal Time: Harnessing the Earth Clock to 1950
  • 11.2 A Variety of Times: Turning Point at Mid-Century
  • 11.3 Time Service in the Space Age
Chapter 12 - Navigation: From Stars to Satellites
  • 12.1 Chronometers and Nautical Instruments
  • 12.2 The Nautical Almanac Office, 1893-1958
  • 12.3 From Stars to Satellies: Into the Space Age
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Appendix 1: Sources
Appendix 2: Superintendents and Directors
Appendix 3: Astronomical Instrumentation and Clocks
Appendix 4: Key Personnel

Appendix 5: Key Legislation

Reza & Sintha