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245 00 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse :|bastronomy and the 
       castle in nineteenth-century Ireland /|cedited by Charles 
       Mollan. 
264  1 New York :|bManchester University Press ;|a[Dublin] :
       |bRoyal Dublin Society,|c2014. 
300    1 online resource. 
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490 1  Royal Dublin society--Science and Irish culture series ;
       |vno. 4 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-355) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction / Charles Mollan -- Succesion of the Parsons 
       family at Birr -- History of the Parsons family and Birr 
       Castle / The Earl and Countess of Rosse -- Origin of the 
       3rd Earl's interest in astronomy / Trevor Weekes -- Mary, 
       Countess of Rosse (1813-85) / Daniel McDowell; Alison, 
       Countess of Rosse ; David Davison -- William Parsons' 
       influence on the town and community of Birr / Margaret 
       Hogan -- Negotiating 'a difficult sectarian terrain': the 
       public life and political opinions of the 3rd Earl of 
       Rosse / Andrew Shields -- A consummate engineer / Charles 
       Mollan -- Birr Castle observations of non-stellar objects 
       and the development of nebular theories / Wolfgang 
       Steinicke -- William Parsons and the Irish nineteenth-
       century tradition of independent astronomical research / 
       Allan Chapman -- 'A presiding influence': the relations of
       the 3rd Earl of Rosse with scientific institutions in 
       Britain and Ireland / Simon Schaffer -- The 3rd Earl of 
       Rosse: an assessment / Trevor Weeks. 
520    This is a revealing account of the family life and 
       achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer
       and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in 
       nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the 
       devastating famine of the 1840s. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
       Collection - North America 
600 10 Rosse, William Parsons,|cEarl of,|d1800-1867.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87822627 
600 17 Rosse, William Parsons,|cEarl of,|d1800-1867.|2fast|0https
       ://id.worldcat.org/fast/197713 
650  0 Astronomers.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh85008992 
650  7 Astronomers.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/819629 
655  4 Electronic books. 
700 1  Mollan, R. C.|q(R. Charles)|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n82076630 
776 08 |iPrint version:|z9780719091445|z0719091446|w(DLC)  
       2015301844|w(OCoLC)870285708 
830  0 Science and Irish culture series ;|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/no2014161227|vno. 4. 
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       db=nlebk&AN=1272977|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. Access 
       restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, 
       and staff. 
856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version 
       of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 
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