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Chapters: Perkins Observatory, Warner and Swasey Observatory, Miami Valley Astronomical Society, Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Apollo Observatory, Cincinnati Observatory, Warren Rupp Observatory, Brooks Observatory, Clarke Observatory, Weitkamp Observatory, Mcmillin Observatory, Crescent Moon Observatory. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Perkins Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Delaware, Ohio. It is owned and operated by Ohio Wesleyan University. The observatory is named for Hiram Perkins, a professor of mathematics and astronomy at the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio from 1857 to 1907. A devoutly religious Methodist and a man of deep convictions, he was also known as an uncompromising and demanding instructor. Perkins graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1857, just nine years after the university was founded. He was immediately offered a position on the faculty. Shortly thereafter he married Caroline Barkdull, a graduate from OWUs Womens College. In 1861 Perkins temporarily left OWU when the American Civil War began. He intended to enlist in the Union Army, but was deemed physically unfit for service. (At 64 tall and 97 pounds, his students referred to him as the human skeleton.) Perkins then returned to his family hog farm and worked to help feed the troops. (Salt pork was a staple military food at the time.) Applying his mathematical skills to the science of pork production, by wars end he had amassed an impressive (for the time) fortune. After the war Perkins returned to his university teaching position and lived a very frugal life on his small salary. Meanwhile, his shrewd business investments caused his fortune to multiply considerably. In 1896 Professor Perkins donated the funds necessary to build the first of two obs...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=126184


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155895253
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 48
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 82 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155895258
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Perkins Observatory, Warner and Swasey Observatory, Miami Valley Astronomical Society
  • Width: 229 mm


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