Lewis Swift by Gary W Kronk
This biography covers the life of Lewis Swift (1820-1913), who discovered 13 comets and nearly 1,200 other deep sky objects. All 13 comets found by Swift now bear his name, including three periodic comets with periods of 6 years (11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR), 9 years (64P/Swift-Gehrels), and 133 years (109P/Swift-Tuttle).Swift's enthusiasm and success as an amateur astronomer helped make him famous in the United States. With the help of others, Swift was able to buy a 16-inch refractor, the third largest telescope in the United States at the time. Hulbert Harrington Warner built "Warner Observatory" to house this telescope. As a prolific writer and lecturer, Swift's stories appeared in newspapers and magazines, while his lectures showed that he was able to explain anything in a way that everyone could understand.
When Warner went broke during the "Panic of 1893," Swift was forced to leave his home. Almost two dozen invitations arrived from aroundthe United States asking him to bring his telescope to their city, and he eventually accepted the invitation of Californian Thaddeus Sobieski Constantin Lowe.
This book highlights Swift's valuable contributions to astronomy before failing eyesight forced him to give up this profession. In addition to detailing Swift's life, biographical material is also provided for a number of individuals who were influenced by Swift. This includes his son, Edward, who was discovering deep sky objects as a teenager.
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The Moon
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History of the Plurality of Worlds
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Astronomy of the Inca Empire
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Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy
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Essays on Astronomical History and Heritage
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Astronomy of Ancient Egypt
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Cincinnati Observatory
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Catalog of Unconfirmed Comets - Volume 1
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Archaeoastronomy in the Roman World
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Open Skies
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The World of Visual Time Signals for Mariners
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Evolving Theories on the Origin of the Moon
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The History of Celestial Navigation
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Astronomers as Diplomats
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Simon Marius and His Research
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When the Earth Was Flat
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Advancing Cultural Astronomy
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Merz Telescopes
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Radio Astronomy in Canada
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The Square Kilometre Array
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The Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands
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Astronomy in the Ancient World
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The Emergence of Astrophysics in Asia
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Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts
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The Birth of Modern Astronomy
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China and the International Astronomical Union
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Angelo Secchi and Nineteenth Century Science
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The Scientific Legacy of William Herschel
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Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy
Gary W. Kronk received his Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He has been employed at Washington University at St. Louis since 1985, where he is a programmer analyst, and occasionally teaches classes on software programs. Observing, researching, and writing about comets has been an activity the author has participated in for most of his life, with over 2,000 observations of over 130 comets. He is the author of seven titles, and has been published in Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, Icarus, the Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers and more. His books include Comets: A Descriptive Catalog (Enslow Publishers, 1984), Meteor Showers (Enslow, 1988), and a six volume series title Cometography with Cambridge University Press. The 5th volume was published in 2010. In 2004, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center announced that minor planet number 48300 was being given the name Kronk in honor of the author's extensive research for his Cometography series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783319876191 |
| ISBN 10 | 3319876198 |
| Title | Lewis Swift |
| Author | Gary W Kronk |
| Series | Historical And Cultural Astronomy Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Year published | 2018-08-18 |
| Number of pages | 428 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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