54 relations: Anglo-Irish people, Astronomy, Belfast Natural History Society, Birr Castle, Birr, County Offaly, British Astronomical Association, British Science Association, Charles Algernon Parsons, County Offaly, Crab Nebula, Earl, Earl of Rosse, Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Galaxy, Gravity, Great Famine (Ireland), Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, John Herschel, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, King's County (UK Parliament constituency), Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, Leviathan of Parsonstown, List of Chancellors of the University of Dublin, Lord John Beresford, Lord Lieutenant of King's County, Magdalen College, Oxford, Mary Rosse, Member of parliament, Monkstown, County Dublin, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nebula, Nebular hypothesis, Optical spectrometer, Orion Nebula, Representative peer, Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Medal, Royal Society, Speculum metal, Steam turbine, Style (manner of address), Telescope, The Honourable, The Reverend, Theobald Butler, 14th Baron Dunboyne, Thomas Bernard (Irish politician), Thomas Langlois Lefroy, Trinity College Dublin, ..., United Kingdom general election, 1835, Whirlpool Galaxy, William Huggins, York. Expand index (4 more) »
Anglo-Irish people
Anglo-Irish is a term which was more commonly used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a social class in Ireland, whose members are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy.
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Astronomy
Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.
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Belfast Natural History Society
The Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society was founded in 1821 to promote the scientific study of animals, plants, fossils, rocks and minerals.
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Birr Castle
Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland.
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Birr, County Offaly
Birr (Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland.
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British Astronomical Association
The British Astronomical Association (BAA) was formed in 1890 as a national body to support the UK's amateur astronomers.
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British Science Association
The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.
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Charles Algernon Parsons
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931), the son of a member of the Irish peerage,http://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/FellowsScholars/discourses/discourses/1968_Lord%20Rosse%20on%20W.%20Parsons.pdf was an Anglo-Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the compound steam turbine, and as the namesake of C. A. Parsons and Company.
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County Offaly
County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland.
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Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus.
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Earl
An earl is a member of the nobility.
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Earl of Rosse
Earl of Rosse (not to be confused with the Scottish Earl of Ross) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland; both times for the Parsons family.
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Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick
Edmund Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick PC (8 January 1758 – 7 December 1844), styled Lord Glentworth between 1794 and 1800, and Viscount Limerick until 1803, was an Irish peer and politician.
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".
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Galaxy
A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.
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Gravity
Gravity, or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another.
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Great Famine (Ireland)
The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.
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Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns
Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, PC, QC (27 December 1819 – 2 April 1885) was an Irish statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain during the first two ministries of Benjamin Disraeli.
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John Herschel
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer who invented the blueprint, and did botanical work.
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Journal of the British Astronomical Association
The Journal of the British Astronomical Association is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astronomy published by the British Astronomical Association since October 1890.
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King's County (UK Parliament constituency)
King's County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
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Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse
Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (21 May 1758 – 24 February 1841), known as Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt, from 1791 to 1807, was an Irish peer.
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Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, KP, FRS (17 November 1840 – 29 August 1908) was a member of the Irish peerage and an amateur astronomer.
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Leviathan of Parsonstown
Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 in (1.8 m) aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the Hooker Telescope in 1917.
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List of Chancellors of the University of Dublin
This is a list of Chancellors of the University of Dublin, founded in 1592.
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Lord John Beresford
Lord John George de la Poer Beresford (22 November 1773 – 18 July 1862) was an Anglican archbishop and Primate.
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Lord Lieutenant of King's County
This is a list of those who have served as Lord Lieutenant of King's County.
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Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.
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Mary Rosse
Mary Rosse, Countess of Rosse (née Mary Field) (1813-1885), was a British amateur astronomer and pioneering photographer.
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Member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.
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Monkstown, County Dublin
Monkstown, historically known as Carrickbrennan (Carraig Bhraonáin), is a suburb in south Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics.
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Nebula
A nebula (Latin for "cloud" or "fog"; pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.
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Nebular hypothesis
The nebular hypothesis is the most widely accepted model in the field of cosmogony to explain the formation and evolution of the Solar System (as well as other planetary systems).
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Optical spectrometer
An optical spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials.
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Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion.
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Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords.
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Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals).
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Royal Medal
A Royal Medal, known also as The King's Medal or The Queen's Medal, depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award, is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences", done within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Royal Society
The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.
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Speculum metal
Speculum metal is a mixture of around two-thirds copper and one-third tin making a white brittle alloy that can be polished to make a highly reflective surface.
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Steam turbine
A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
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Style (manner of address)
A style of office or honorific is an official or legally recognized title.
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Telescope
A telescope is an optical instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light).
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The Honourable
The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble—the latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of people.
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The Reverend
The Reverend is an honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and ministers.
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Theobald Butler, 14th Baron Dunboyne
Theobald Fitzwalter Butler, 14th Baron Dunboyne (11 February 1806 – 22 March 1881) was an Irish peer.
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Thomas Bernard (Irish politician)
Thomas Bernard (c. 1769 – 18 May 1834) was an Irish politician.
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Thomas Langlois Lefroy
Thomas Langlois Lefroy (8 January 1776 – 4 May 1869) was an Irish-Huguenot politician and judge.
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Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, a research university located in Dublin, Ireland.
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United Kingdom general election, 1835
The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834.
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Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.
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William Huggins
Sir William Huggins (7 February 1824 – 12 May 1910) was an English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy together with his wife Margaret Lindsay Huggins.
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York
York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons,_3rd_Earl_of_Rosse