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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse: astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland
This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enor...
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Manchester University Press
2015
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Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2230277 |