Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Kew Observatory, Victorian Science, and the "Observatory Sciences"
1. A "Physical Observatory" Kew, the Royal Society, and the British Association, 1840–1845
2. Survival and Expansion: Kew Observatory, the Government Grant, and Standardization, 1845–1859
3. "Solar Spot Mania," "Cosmical Physics," and Meteorology, 1852–1870
4. Kew Observatory and the Royal Society, 1869–1885
5. Kew Observatory and the Origins of the National Physical Laboratory, 1885–1900
6. "An Epoch in the History of Kew" The End of the Victorian Kew Observatory, 1900–1910
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index