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Creation Date
1-1-2020
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In 1835, Denison Olmstead reported on the reappearance of Haley’s comet two weeks before astronomers in Europe. On display is an 1839 first edition of An Introduction to Astronomy by the Yale professor. The textbook became a popular selection at other institutions, resulting in forty or fifty printings and numerous revised editions during the author’s lifetime as he incorporated new discoveries into the text. Olmstead’s observation and analysis of the 1833 Leonid meteor shower resulted in several breakthroughs in the understanding of meteors.
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