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Reading Nature, Observing Science: Examining Material Practices in the Lick Observatory Archives and Kenneth S. Norris PapersMain MenuIntroduction to the Lick Observatory ArchivesThe Lick Observatory: Imaging the CosmosThe Lick Observatory: Eclipse ExpeditionsEclipse Intro page (first in a path)Introduction to Kenneth S. Norris PapersKenneth S. Norris Papers: Natural History in PracticeKenneth S. Norris Papers: Pedagogy and ConservationConnections: In Relation to NatureThese images demonstrate the different constructions of nature in the two archivesConnections: Materials of ObservationVisualization of the ConnectionsVisualizes the connections between all the contentReading Nature, Observing ScienceCaptions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special CollectionsAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceDanielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
Eclipse Expeditions in Context
12016-05-15T12:01:52-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a691844Raising ideas related to social and political contextstructured_gallery2016-06-08T15:47:19-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eThe Lick Observatory Archives make it clear that we cannot think of the astronomers at the Lick as isolated scientists but that they were enmeshed in multiple networks. Firstly, they were in conversation with technicians, illustrators, artists, and amateur astronomers about how best to represent astronomical bodies. Similarly, the logistics of the eclipse viewing expeditions relied upon diplomatic networks to facilitate the logistics of transporting, assembling and operating the cameras, telescopes, and spectrographs.
Looking at these archives raises a number of questions: How did the geographic and political specifics of the different eclipse locations affect the reception, construction, and resulting images at each site? What role did relationships with local populations, colonial officials, and military personnel play in the eclipse expeditions? How does situating these expeditions within late eighteenth and early nineteenth century colonialism inform our reading of the experiments and the results?
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