The title page calls the author of this 1888 work 'A Lady Astronomer'. She was Elizabeth Brown (1830 99), and the shadow she was pursuing was the eclipse of the sun on 19 August 1887, which could be best observed in northern Russia. Brought up by her father to make weather observations and to use a telescope, she became a member of the Liverpool Astronomical Society - on behalf of which she undertook her Russian expedition - and was later active in founding the British Astronomical Association. (The Royal Astronomical Society did not at this point admit women.) The book describes her journey,...
The title page calls the author of this 1888 work 'A Lady Astronomer'. She was Elizabeth Brown (1830 99), and the shadow she was pursuing was the ecli...
