Frank McClean and the Ferncliffe Observatory at Tunbridge Wells

2013/09/20 by Jeremy Shears, Shears, Jeremy
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1309.5199

Published in the Newsletter of the British Astronomical Association Historical Section. 4 pages, 5 figures

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Abstract

This short note describes the observatory of the pioneering spectroscopist, Frank McClean (1837-1907), at Tunbridge Wells in England

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