Script for 'The Night Sky in October', 1954-10
Scope and Contents
A copy of Porter's script for 'The Night Sky in October' on cycles in nature and astronomy; Jupiter in Gemini below Castor and Pollux, its retrograde motion and opposition, and the three-fold conjunction with Uranus; finding Uranus in the night sky, the achievement of William Herschel, and the close conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus on 10 May 1955; Mercury, Venus and Saturn not visible, and the rising and setting of Mars at the time of a summer opposition; ancient astronomy and epicycles, the system of Aristotle, Copernicus, the discoveries of Galileo and the theories of Kepler; the exhibition of historic astronomical books at the Science Museum, Kensington, and the works of Newton, Aristotle, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Hevelius, Flamsteed, Halley, Herschel, Bessel and Struve; and the books of Peter Apian and Voltaire, Huygens's clock and Meyer's star atlas.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-10
Creator
- From the Series: Porter, John Guy, 1900 - 1981 (astronomer) (Person)
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Extent
5 page(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2007-04-13 12:40:48+00:00
Subject
- Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642 - 1727 (Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician) (Person)
- Hevelius, Johann, 1611 - 1687 (astronomer) (Person)
- Brahe, Tycho, 1546 - 1601 (astronomer and alchemist) (Person)
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564 - 1642 (scientist and philosopher) (Person)
- Kepler, Johann, 1571 - 1630 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473 - 1543 (astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, William, Sir, 1738 - 1822 (Knight, astronomer and musician) (Person)
- Aristotle, 384 - 322 (philosopher) (Person)
- Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1784 - 1846 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Huygens, Christiaan, 1629 - 1695 (mathematician and physicist) (Person)
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