Cincinnati Observatory: Its Critical Role in the Birth and Evolution of Astronomy in America

Cottam, Stella, Ventre, John E.

Cincinnati Observatory: Its Critical Role in the Birth and Evolution of Astronomy in America
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-02-06
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 266
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031460332
  • ISBN-13: 9783031460333

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Previously dependent on Europe for scientific knowledge, the United States came into its own during the nineteenth century. A prime example of this is evident in the establishment of the Cincinnati Observatory, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Funded by the citizenry of that city, it was initiated, with ceremony, by the oration by former President John Quincy Adams, at the laying of the cornerstone in 1843.

In this book, you will read about the Cincinnati Observatory's most notable contributions, big and small, that were made over the course of its years in existence. You will learn about the Observatory's role in primitive weather forecasting, star cataloging, and even advancements it helped to create during World War II.

Now known as the Cincinnati Observatory Center, it is a functional observatory and a dedicated center of astronomy education for all ages. It continues to contribute a rich cultural and scientific history to its community and nation.

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在十九世紀期間，美國不再依賴歐洲的科學知識，而開始發展自己的科學領域。辛辛那提天文台的建立就是一個明顯的例子，它位於俄亥俄州的辛辛那提市。這座天文台是由該市的市民提供資金，於1843年由前總統約翰·昆西·亞當斯在奠基儀式上發表演說，正式啟用。

在這本書中，您將閱讀到辛辛那提天文台在其存在的歲月中所做出的重要和微小的貢獻。您將了解到天文台在原始天氣預報、星星目錄編制甚至是在第二次世界大戰期間所幫助創造的進展方面的角色。

現在被稱為辛辛那提天文台中心，它是一個功能性的天文台，也是一個致力於各個年齡段的天文教育的中心。它繼續為社區和國家貢獻豐富的文化和科學歷史。

作者簡介

Stella Cottam was born in New York City in 1949, and has B.S. degrees in physics and medical technology from Fordham University and the University of Nevada respectively, an M.S. degree in library science from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Astronomy from the University of Western Sydney in Australia. She worked as a microbiologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Reno, Nevada and Lexington, Kentucky for 30 years. She obtained her Ph.D. through the Centre for Astronomy at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. Her thesis topic was "Solar Eclipses and Transits of Venus, 1868-1882, and Their Role in the Popularization of Astronomy in the USA," for which her supervisors were Wayne Orchiston and Richard Stephenson.


John E. Ventre was born in 1936, and he has degrees in engineering, industrial management, and business administration. He taught astronomy for 12 years at the University of Cincinnati. During the late 1990s he was one of the principals who formed the Cincinnati Observatory Center (COC), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization to save the Observatory from demolition. Ventre was one of the signatories of the incorporation document, served as the COC's first Administrator/Director, and served on the Center's Charter Board. Then for the following 23 years he served as the COC's Historian, accumulating the rich history of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, the Observatory's founder in 1842, and the history of the Observatory to current times. It is the history of the birthplace of American Astronomy.

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Stella Cottam於1949年出生於紐約市，分別在Fordham大學和內華達大學獲得物理學和醫學技術的學士學位，並在肯塔基大學獲得圖書館學的碩士學位，以及在澳大利亞西悉尼大學獲得天文學碩士學位。她在內華達雷諾的退伍軍人事務醫院和肯塔基的萊克星敦擔任微生物學家長達30年。她通過詹姆斯庫克大學的天文中心在澳大利亞唐斯維爾獲得博士學位。她的論文題目是“1868-1882年的日食和金星凌日及其在美國天文學普及中的作用”，指導教授是韋恩·奧奇斯頓和理查德·斯蒂芬森。

John E. Ventre於1936年出生，擁有工程、工業管理和工商管理學位。他在辛辛那提大學教授天文學12年。在1990年代末，他是辛辛那提天文台中心（COC）的創始人之一，該組織是一個501(c)(3)非營利組織，旨在拯救天文台免於拆除。Ventre是公司章程文件的簽署人之一，擔任COC的首任行政主管/主任，並擔任該中心的特許董事會成員。接下來的23年中，他擔任COC的歷史學家，積累了奧姆斯比·麥克奈特·米切爾（Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel）於1842年創立的天文台以及天文台的歷史，直至現在。這是美國天文學的誕生地的歷史。

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