Author photo. From McClure's Magazine, December 1895 (Project Gutenberg)

From McClure's Magazine, December 1895 (Project Gutenberg)

Sir Robert S. Ball (1840–1913)

Author of Star-land. Being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens

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Star-land. Being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens 18 copies
The story of the heavens 16 copies
Great Astronomers 8 copies
The cause of an ice age, (Modern science, ed. by Sir John Lubbock [1]) 4 copies
In Starry Realms 3 copies
Time and tide,: A romance of the moon, 3 copies
The Earth's Beginning 3 copies
Ball's Popular Guide to the Heavens 3 copies, 1 review
In the high heavens 3 copies
Story of the Sun 2 copies
The Great Astronomers: The Essential Library Edition 2 copies
Reminiscences and Letters of Sir Robert Ball 2 copies
The Story of the Sun 2 copies
The elements of astronomy, 2 copies

A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy (1908 ) 1 copy

Theory of Screws: A Study in the Dynamics of a Rigid Body 1 copy

Het Sterrenland, De Wonderen van 't Heelal aan een ieder verklaard. 1 copy, 1 review

Meccanica: le basi fisiche della meccanica pianamente esposte ad uso degli… 1 copy

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Ball, Sir Robert S.

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Ball, Robert Stawell

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Sir Robert Ball

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St Giles Cemetery, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge

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Places of residence

3 Granby Row, Rutland Square, Dublin

Birr Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland

Dunsink Observatory, Dublin

Cambridge Observatory, England

Education

Dr Brindley's School, Tarvin, Chester

Trinity College, Dublin

Occupations

Tutor to sons of Lord Rosse

Astronomer Royal of Ireland

Lowndean Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge

Relationships

Ball, Sir Charles (brother)

Ball, Valentine (brother)

Organizations

Royal Astronomical Society

Awards and honors

Knighthood 1887 [1887]

Fellow of the Royal Society

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see http://www.ziksby.webs.com

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