Browse DSIDetails of the item << Previous Next >> Stoney George Johnstone G. J. S. ; 1826 in Oakley Park, near Birr, County Offaly, IR 1911 George Stoney (1792-1926 after) Anne Blood (1801-1883) (mother) ; the Stoney family is an old-established Anglo-Irish family attended Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with a B.A. degree in 1848 ; Ireland astronomy assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse at Birr Castle, County Offaly 1848-52 ; astronomical and physical, and spectroscopic drawing ; see var. links in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Johnstone_Stoney ; DNB ; Omar Nasim: Observing by Hand. Sketching the Nebulae in the 19th century (Chicago 2013: 41-2, 47-8, 62-3, 71-5 & 235) ; 67239096
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