Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
Alexander Jamieson. Scroll to see available works. Alexander Jamieson was born in Glasgow and studied at the Haldane Academy before winning a scholarship to Paris, it was there, in 1898, that he came into contact with the work of the French Impressionists, whose bravura brushwork and preoccupation with the effects of light and atmosphere were ...
16. Juli 2018 · The Celestial Atlas, by Scottish schoolteacher Alexander Jamieson, was one of the ones designed for nonexperts. Printed in London in 1822, its 30 illustrations include only constellations...
Alexander Jamieson (1782–1850) was a Scottish writer and schoolmaster, now best known as a rhetorician. He has been described as effectively a professional textbook writer. [1] After the failure of his school, he worked as an actuary. [2]
1. Feb. 2013 · The third atlas in what might be called this Flamsteed tradition was the Celestial Atlas published in England in 1822 by a Scottish schoolmaster, Alexander Jamieson (1782–1850). Jamieson had published A Treatise on the Construction of Maps in 1814 but was not noted as an astronomer.
- Ian Ridpath
- 2013
The atlas includes three new (but now- obsolete) constellations invented by Jamieson: Noctua, Norma Nilotica, and Solarium. Two celestial hemispheres of the atlas are centered on the equatorial poles via polar projection and geocentric alignment. [1]
10. Juni 2022 · A Celestial Atlas of Mazzaroth by Alexander Jamieson (1822). The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Psalm 19:1. Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Job 38:2.
Alexander Jamieson’s Celestial Atlas appeared in February 1822, with a second edition following in September that same year. For all the fame that the Atlas achieved, its author remains little known.
