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Royal Astronomer of Ireland

Robert Stawell Ball was an Irish Royal Astronomer, born on July 1, 1840, and died on November 25, 1913. He made significant contributions to the field of astronomy, particularly in astrophysics and astrometry.

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All Adapted Agents Air Bears Bed Between Life And Death Brightness Casts Circumstances Composition

Famous Robert Stawell Ball Quotes

“The problem that first demands solution is to discover the disruptive agent which would be potent enough to rip the Cloghvorra Stone from its parent bed, to bear it down the valley for miles, and to cast it on the mountain side.”

Firsts Enough Problem Would Be Parent Sides Bears Bed Demand Mountain Solutions Stones Casts Miles Agents Valleys Rip Disruptive

Book:The Cause of an Ice Age

Source: The Cause of an Ice Age

“The moons of Uranus seem to have got a twist.”

Seems Moon Twists

Book:Star-Land: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens

Source: Star-Land: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens

“The intrinsic brightness of theSun is fully 5,000 times as great as if the whole surface were formed of the molten steel just issuing from the Bessemer converter.”

Ifs Whole Time Surface Steel Brightness

Book:The Story of the Sun

Source: The Story of the Sun

“Man is a creature adapted for life under circumstances which are very narrowly limited. A few degrees of temperature more or less, a slight variation in the composition of air, the precise suitability of food, makes all the difference between health and sickness; between life and death.”

Men Nature Differences Environment Air Circumstances Creatures Degrees Sickness Life And Death Composition Precise Temperature Variation Adapted Between Life And Death

Book:The Story of the Heavens

Source: The Story of the Heavens

About the Author

Born: July 1, 1840
Died: November 25, 1913
Known for: Royal Astronomer of Ireland
Quotes: 4

Books & Sources

Star-Land: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the HeavensRelated source material

The Cause of an Ice AgeRelated source material

The Story of the HeavensRelated source material

The Story of the SunRelated source material

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