Six Months in Ascension : An Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy
ISBN-10
1108014283
ISBN-13
9781108014281
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 10th, 2010
Print length
344 Pages
Weight
440 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Solar system: the Sun & planets
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Six Months in Ascension (1878) contains Isobel Gill's account of the 1877 expedition to the Island of Ascension, undertaken to measure the sun's distance from the earth. It provides rare insights into the personal and behind-the-scenes side of the scientific expedition and into gender roles in Victorian society.
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