Stars, Time, and Mountains: The work of Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1819-1900 - Softcover

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This is the story of the brilliant but flawed Victorian Astronomer, Charles Piazzi Smyth, and his Geologist wife, Jessica Piazzi Smyth. Piazzi Smyth showed that astronomy should be done from mountains, not from smoky cities; he started the Edinburgh Time Ball and One O'Clock Gun; he was a pioneer of photography, and a prolific artist, recording Victorian society; and he travelled the world and wrote popular books. He was also a pioneering Egyptologist, although his own theories turned into a controversial obsession, that colour his reputation even today.This booklet was produced in 2019, Piazzi Smyth's bicentenary year, in connection with a new exhibition at the Nelson Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh. See also http://www.piazzismyth.org. All proceeds will be directed to the Royal Observatory (Edinburgh) Trust, a charity registered in Scotland, charity number SC013784.

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