Searching the Heavens and the Earth

The History of Jesuit Observatories

By: Agustin UDIAS

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Hardcover | 31 October 2003

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Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. The history of these observatories has never been published in a complete form. Many early European astronomical observatories were established in Jesuit colleges.
During the 17th and 18th centuries Jesuits were the first western scientists to enter into contact with China and India. It was through them that western astronomy was first introduced in these countries. They made early astronomical observations in India and China and they directed for 150 years the Imperial Observatory of Beijing.
In the 19th and 20th centuries a new set of observatories were established. Besides astronomy these now included meteorology and geophysics. Jesuits established some of the earliest observatories in Africa, South America and the Far East.
Jesuit observatories constitute an often forgotten chapter of the history of these sciences.

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"This compendium of information about astronomical and geophysical observatories founded or run by members of the Jesuit order since the 16th century ... . It is filled with an enormous amount of data, and fascinating anecdotes ... . Ultimately, this book is a resource ... . Such a history of the Jesuit observatories, centered on an overarching theme with a careful selection and analysis of this wonderful compilation of data, remains to be written." (Guy Consolmagno, S.J, Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu, Vol. 76, 2007)

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Preface	p. ix
History
A Jesuit tradition	p. 1
Jesuits, science and observatories
Jesuits and scientific societies
The reasons for scientific work and the foundation of observatories
The observatories and the Society of Jesus
Life and death of the observatories
Observatories in Jesuit colleges and universities in Europe (1540-1773)	p. 15
Mathematics and astronomy in Jesuit colleges
The first European observatories
France
Central Europe
Italy, Portugal and Spain
Jesuit astronomers in China, India and other missions (1540-1773)	p. 37
Astronomy in the Jesuit missions
Chinese astronomy and Matteo Ricci
The reform of the Chinese calendar
Jesuit Directors of the Imperial Observatory
The French mission
The transfer of western science
The French expedition to Siam
Jesuit astronomers in India
An observatory among the Guaranies
Europe; astronomy and geophysics (1814-2000)	p. 61
Collegio Romano
Stonyhurst
Kalocsa
Vatican
Cartuja
Ebro
Valkenburg
Other astronomical observatories
Meteorological stations
Seismographic stations
North America; the Jesuit Seismological Association (1814-2000)	p. 103
Georgetown
Other astronomical observatories
Santa Clara
Cleveland and the Jesuit Seismological Service
Saint Louis and the Jesuit Seismological Association
Fordham
Weston
Other seismographic stations
Montreal
South America; hurricanes and earthquakes (1814-2000)	p. 125
Astronomical Observatories
Belen
Mexico
Central and South American meteorological stations
La Paz
Bogota
Other seismographic stations
San Miguel
Asia, Africa and Australia; the great mission observatories (1814-2000)	p. 147
Manila
Zikawei, Zose and Lukiapang
Tananarive
Boroma, Zumbo, Bulawayo and Addis-Ababa
Ksara
Calcutta
Riverview
Jesuit Observatories, 1814-2000
Europe	p. 183
Rome
Stonyhurst
Namur
Leon
Kalocsa
Mondragone
Gianicolo
Tortosa
Pontevedra
Ona
Gozo
Malta
Orduna
Louvain
Feldkirch
Vatican
Oudenbosch
Jersey
Valkenburg
Comillas
Cartuja
Madrid
Ebro
Acireale
Rathfarnham Castle
Travnik
North America	p. 221
Georgetown
St. Louis
Prairie du Chien
Omaha
Saint Mary's
Santa Clara
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Denver
New Orleans
Worcester
Spring Hill
Fordham
Saint Boniface
Spokane
Chicago
Cincinnati
Weston
San Francisco
Montreal
Central and South America	p. 245
Guatemala
Havana
Santiago de Chile
Quito M
Quito A
Puebla
Saltillo
La Paz
Santa Fe
Cienfuegos
Sucre
Bogota, Santiago de Cuba
San Miguel
Asuncion
Kingston
Bogota, Antofagasta
Africa, Asia and Australia	p. 269
Manila
Calcutta
Zikawei
Boroma
Tananarive
Bulawayo
Ksara
Riverview
Addis-Ababa
Jesuit scientists, 1814-2000	p. 293
Algue
Berloty
Braun
Bussolini
Cabre
Cappelletti
Cattala
Chevalier
Cirera
Colin
Cortie
Dechevrens
Deppermann
Descotes
Due
Esch
Faura
Fenyi
Froc
Gherzi
Goetz
Gutierrez-Lanza
Hagen
Heredia
Heyden
Ingram
Lafont
Lejay
Linehan
Lynch
Macelwane
O'Connell
Odenbach
O'Leary
Penaranda
Perry
Pigot
Poisson
Puig
Ramirez
Repetti
Ricard
Rigge
Rodes
Romana
Saderra-Maso
Sanchez
Navarro-Neumann
Sarasola
Secchi
Selga
Sidgreaves
Spina
Stein
Tondorf
Treanor
Vico
Vines
Weld
Bibliography of Part I, Chapters 1, 2 and 3	p. 347
Index by observatories	p. 355
Index by names	p. 359
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