William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse: Astronomy and the Castle in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Book Overview

This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enormous telescopes in the cloudy middle of Ireland. The book gives details, in an attractive non-technical style which requires no previous scientific knowledge,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784993727
• ISBN13: 9781784993726
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"