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C. Piazzi Smyth

An English astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Wikipedia).

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British astronomer (1817-1900)

Born 1819
Died 1900

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  • Cover of: Life and work at the Great pyramid during the months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865: with a discussion of the facts ascertained.

    First published in 1867 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Madeira meteorologic: being a paper on the above subject read before the Royal Society, Edinburgh on 1st of May 1882

    First published in 1882 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Mean Scottish meteorology 1856-1887: and Eight years' observations of the new rock thermometers at the Royal observatory, Edinburgh

    First published in 1888 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Madeira spectroscopic: being a revision of 21 places in the red half of the solar visible spectrum, with a Rutherfurd diffraction grating at Madeira (Lat. = 32ê 38' N., Long. = I [superscript] h 8 W.) during the Summer of 1881

    First published in 1882 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Our inheritance in the Great Pyramid

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  • Cover of: A poor man's photography at the Great pyramid in the year 1865, compared with that of the ...

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  • Cover of: Teneriffe, an astronomer's experiment, or, Specialties of a residence above the clouds

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  • Cover of: The visual (grating and glass lens) solar spectrum in 1884

    First published in 1886 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Astronomical experiment on the peak of Teneriffe: carried out under the sanction of the lords commissioners of admiralty

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  • Cover of: A poor man's photography at the Great Pyramid in the year 1865: compared with that of the ordnance survey establishment, subsidized by London wealth, and under the orders of Col. Sir Henry James ... at the same place four years afterwards : a discourse delivered before the Edinburgh Photographic Society on December 1st, 1869

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  • Cover of: Notice of the orbit of the binary star α [alpha] Centauri: as recently determined by captain W. S. Jacob

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  • Cover of: Contributions to a knowledge of the phenomena of the zodiacal light

    First published in 1852 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Life and Work at the Great Pyramid During ... 1865

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  • Cover of: The solar spectrum in 1877 and 1878: with some practical idea of its probable temperature of origination.

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British astronomer (1817-1900)

Born 1819
Died 1900
Subjects
Pyramids, Miscellanea, Description and travel, Great Pyramid (Egypt), Solar Spectrum, Astronomy, Experiments, Spectrum, Solar, Architectural photography, Climate, Curiosa and miscellany, Description, Meteorology, Observations, Social life and customs, Spectrum analysis, Stars, Ancient Architecture, Ancient Civilization, Antiquities, Astronomical observatories, Canary islands, description and travel, Catalogs, Colonies, Comets
Places
Egypt, Tenerife (Canary Islands), Great Britain, Scotland, Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Teide, Pico de (Canary Islands), Edinburgh, Gorki (Russia), Great Pyramid (Egypt), Madeira (Madeira Islands), Madeira Islands, Nizhegorodskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ (Russia), Pico de (Canary Islands) Teide, Russia Republic), Soviet Union, Sun, Venus (Planet)
Time
1882

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Alternative names

  • S. Piazzi Smyth
  • Piazzi Smyth
  • Smyth
  • Charles Piazzi
  • 1819-1900
  • Charles Piazzi Smyth
  • C. Piazzi 1819-1900 Smyth
  • Smyth, C. Piazzi

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