Abstract
IN these days when one is rather inclined to forget who were the pioneers of astronomy in different countries, it is interesting to be able to obtain a volume in which are described the lives, the difficulties to be surmounted, and the success attained by those who have been in these critical positions. The two Bonds—William Cranch and George Phillips, father and son—may be regarded as the first important contributors towards the early history of astronomy in America; and as they were the first two directors of the now well-famed Harvard College Observatory, the earliest founded of any college observatory in the United States, an account of their lives and work is very welcome.
Memorials of William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond.
By Edward S. Holden. Pp. 296. (New York: Lemcke and Buechner, 1897.)
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LOCKYER, W. Memorials of William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond. Nature 57, 171–172 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/057171a0
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