Isaac Newton: Great Astronomers by Robert Stawell Ball (Paperback / softback, 2016)

Diamond Publishers

1988357381

9781988357386

230536381

Robert Stawell Ball

Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound

English

Physics

Textbook

Black & White Illustrations

Sir Robert Stawell Ball FRS (July 1, 1840 - November 25, 1913) was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory. He was the son of naturalist Robert Ball and Amelia Gresley Hellicar. He was born in Dublin. Ball worked for Lord Rosse from 1865 to 1867. In 1867 he became Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Royal College of Science in Dublin. There he lectured on mechanics and published an elementary account of the science. In 1874 Ball was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin at Dunsink Observatory. In 1908 he published A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy, which is a textbook on astronomy starting from spherical trigonometry and the celestial sphere, considering atmospheric refraction and aberration of light, and introducing basic use of a generalised instrument.

29/09/2016

United States