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English literature --- 19th century --- Anthologies --- English literature - 19th century --- Littérature anglaise --- 19e siècle

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Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope's digital cameras. But there was a time, before the successful application of photography to the heavens, in which scientists had to rely on handmade drawings of these mysterious phenomena. Observing by Hand sheds entirely new light on the ways in which the production and reception of handdrawn images of the nebulae in the nineteenth century contributed to astronomical observation. Omar W. Nasim investigates hundreds of unpublished observing books and paper records from six nineteenth-century observers of the nebulae: Sir John Herschel; William Parsons, the third Earl of Rosse; William Lassell; Ebenezer Porter Mason; Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel; and George Phillips Bond. Nasim focuses on the ways in which these observers created and employed their drawings in data-driven procedures, from their choices of artistic materials and techniques to their practices and scientific observation. He examines the ways in which the act of drawing complemented the acts of seeing and knowing, as well as the ways that making pictures was connected to the production of scientific knowledge. An impeccably researched, carefully crafted, and beautifully illustrated piece of historical work, Observing by Hand will delight historians of science, art, and the book, as well as astronomers and philosophers.

Philosophy of science --- Applied astronomy --- Astronomer --- anno 1800-1899 --- Nebulae --- Astronomers --- Astronomy --- Observations --- History --- Nebulae - Observations - History - 19th century --- Astronomers - History - 19th century --- Astronomy - History - 19th century --- Physical scientists --- Galactic nebulae --- Gaseous nebulae --- Nebulas --- Galaxies

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Scott, Walter --- Scott, Walter, Sir --- Biography --- Authors [Scottish ] --- 19th century --- Scott, Walter, - Sir, - 1771-1832 - Biography. --- Authors, Scottish - 19th century - Biography.

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"A collection of essays investigating photography's role in the evolution of media and communication in the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.

Photography --- Mass media --- Mass media. --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Communication --- History --- History of civilization --- anno 1800-1899 --- Photography - History - 19th century --- Mass media - History - 19th century

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History of Europe --- anno 1800-1899 --- Middle class --- Artisans --- Merchants --- Bourgeoisie --- History --- Political activity --- Histoire --- Activité politique --- Europe --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Activité politique --- Middle class - Europe - History - 19th century --- Middle class - Europe - Political activity - History - 19th century --- Artisans - Europe - History - 19th century --- Merchants - Europe - Political activity - History - 19th century --- Europe - Social conditions - 1789-1900