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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. 
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600 10 Rosse, William Parsons,|cEarl of,|d1800-1867. 
650  0 Astronomers. 
655  4 Electronic books. 
700 1  Mollan, R. C.|q(R. Charles) 
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       2015301844|w(OCoLC)870285708 
830  0 Science and Irish culture series ;|vno. 4. 
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