The Life of Roger Langdon: Told by Himself, with Additions by his Daughter - Couverture souple

Langdon, Roger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108021646 ISBN 13 : 9781108021647

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This 1909 publication charts the remarkable career of country station-master and amateur astronomer and inventor Roger Langdon.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1909, this autobiography details the astonishing life of Roger Langdon (1825–94), a country station-master and amateur astronomer. Langdon's life is a remarkable story of self-education and determination: he started work as a farmer's boy at the age of eight, ran away from the home to work for a shipowner in Jersey at fourteen, and was then employed by a blacksmith, canvas manufacturers, and a solicitor before finding work with the Great Western Railway. Langdon was from an early age interested in astronomy, and eventually constructed four telescopes and his own observatory. He developed his own method for photographing the moon and the transit of Venus, and presented a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society, which is included in the appendices. Langdon died before completing his autobiography, and the latter chapters on his scientific achievements and final years were completed by his daughter Ellen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108021646
• ISBN 13: 9781108021647
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 110
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; France