A Man Who Loved the Stars: The Autobiography of John A. Brashear
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- ISBN
- 9780822911517
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Subject Area
- Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Publication Name
- Man Who Loved the Stars : the Autobiography of John A. Brashear
- Features
- Reprint
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Subject
- Physics / Optics & Light, Science & Technology
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-10
0822911515
ISBN-13
9780822911517
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2190151
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Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Man Who Loved the Stars : the Autobiography of John A. Brashear
Subject
Physics / Optics & Light, Science & Technology
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
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College Audience
LCCN
87-025190
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
522/.2/0924 B
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Reprint
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The inspiring story of a man whose avocation as a stargazer and vocation as a millwright led to his development of lenses, mirrors and other astronomical apparatus. John A. Brashear's technological advances were later employed by astronomers in the United States and Europe. Brashear also attracted the friendship and financial support of astronomer Samuel Lagley, railroad magnate William Thaw, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Carnegie, who gave him $20,000 for the construction of Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh. The inspiring story of a man whose avocation as a stargazer and vocation as a millwright led to his development of lenses, mirrors and other astronomical apparatus. John A. Brashear's technological advances were later employed by astronomers in the United States and Europe. Brashear also attracted the friendship and financial support of astronomer Samuel Lagley, railroad magnate William Thaw, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Carnegie, who gave him $20,000 for the construction of Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh.
LC Classification Number
QB36.B85A3 1988
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