Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century

Exit the frog, enter the human: physiology and experimental psychology in nineteenth-century astronomy

This paper deals with one of the first attempts to measure simple reactions in humans. The Swiss astronomer Adolph Hirsch investigated personal differences in the speed of sensory transmission in order to achieve accuracy in astronomy. His controversial results, however, started an intense debate among both physiologists and astronomers who disagreed on the nature of these differences. Were the...

The Nineteenth Psalm in the Criticism of the Nineteenth Century

2 The heavens declare the glory of God, And the firmament showeth his handiwork. 3 Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. 4 There is no speech nor language, Their voice is unheard. 5 Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 6 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamb...

The nineteenth-century quarantine narrative.

Two nineteenth century surgeons.

the biggest problem in guerilla warfare and at one time we were carrying so many wounded on stretchers, with two men carrying, that there were few left to fight. Food was very scarce; we seemed to live on boiled billy goat-which tastes as the billy goat smells-and a rock hard maize bread "chicken mash," equally unpalatable. Vegetables were never seen. Later we could get sheep milk yogurt and in...

Nineteenth-century scientific instruments

The first thing to be said about this book is that it is an excellent survey of nineteenth-century scientific instruments. Its excellence lies in its value as a guide to the identification of objects. The volume is extremely well produced; the illustrations, which are mainly photographs of instruments, are first class; and Dr. Turner's detailed text irreproachably sound. The book is a general a...