Searching the Heavens and the Earth: The History Of Jesuit Observatories
Searching the Heavens and the Earth: The History Of Jesuit Observatories
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探寻天地：耶稣会天文台的历史
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10.1007/978-94-017-0349-9
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2010
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A. Udías
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A. Udías
耶稣会士在17和18世纪以及19和20世纪在世界各地建立了大量的天文、地球物理和气象观测站。这些天文台的历史从未以完整的形式出版。许多早期的欧洲天文台都是在耶稣会学院建立的。在17世纪和18世纪，耶稣会士是第一批与中国和印度接触的西方科学家。正是通过他们，西方天文学首次传入这些国家。他们在印度和中国进行了早期的天文观测，并指导了北京皇家天文台150年。在19世纪和20世纪，建立了一套新的天文台。除了天文学，这些现在包括气象学和天文物理学。耶稣会士在非洲、南美洲和远东建立了一些最早的天文台。耶稣会天文台构成了这些科学的历史往往被遗忘的一章。
Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. The history of these observatories has never been published in a complete form. Many early European astronomical observatories were established in Jesuit colleges. During the 17th and 18th centuries Jesuits were the first western scientists to enter into contact with China and India. It was through them that western astronomy was first introduced in these countries. They made early astronomical observations in India and China and they directed for 150 years the Imperial Observatory of Beijing. In the 19th and 20th centuries a new set of observatories were established. Besides astronomy these now included meteorology and geophysics. Jesuits established some of the earliest observatories in Africa, South America and the Far East. Jesuit observatories constitute an often forgotten chapter of the history of these sciences.