HISTORY 135C

Department of History
University of California, Irvine
 Instructor:    Dr. Barbara J. Becker

Week 6.  The Golden Age of Positional Astronomy.

Supplementary readings for Week 6's lectures include excerpts from:

  • "The Construction of the Heavens" (1784-1791), by William Herschel (1738-1822)
  • "Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made by Sir John Herschel" (1835), Richard Adams Locke, New York Sun
  • The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Phaal (1850), by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

 
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