Lord Rosse

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse KP (June 17, 1800 – October 31, 1867) was born in Monkstown, County Cork and was an Irish astronomer. He was the sixteenth Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin between 1862 and 1867. Download high resolution version (700x825, 119 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (700x825, 119 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is an order of chivalry associated with Ireland. ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Monkstown (Baile an Mhanaigh in Irish) is a village in County Cork, Ireland, situated southwest of Cork city. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Cork Code: C (CK proposed) Area: 7,457 km² Population (2006) 480,909 (including City of Cork); 361,766 (without Cork City) Website: www. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics. ... The University of Dublin, corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin located in Dublin, Ireland, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, making it Irelands oldest university. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

He became the third Earl of Rosse when his father died in 1841. Prior to this, his title was "Lord Oxmantown". Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (21 May 1758-24 February 1841), known as Sir Lawrence Parsons, 5th Baronet, from 1791 to 1807, was an Irish peer. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In the 1840s, he built his "Leviathan of Parsonstown" 72-inch (183-cm) telescope at Birr, Ireland (then called "Parsonstown") in County Offaly, which was for many decades the largest telescope in the world. He had to invent many of the techniques he used in constructing this telescope, both because its size was without precedent and because earlier telescope builders had guarded their secrets or had simply failed to publish their methods. Rosse's telescope was considered a marvelous technical and architectural achievement, and images of it were circulated widely within the British commonwealth. Building of the telescope had to be suspended during the Great Potato Famine, but in 1847 it was put into service. // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February... The Leviathan of Parsonstown is a telescope located at Birr Castle. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Tullamore Code: OY Area: 1,999 km² Population (2006) 70,604 Website: www. ... For other uses, please see Great Famine. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Sketch of the Whirlpool Galaxy by William Parsons in 1845

Lord Rosse carried out pioneering astronomical studies and discovered the spiral nature of some nebulas, today known to be spiral galaxies. The first spiral galaxy he detected was M51, and his drawings of it closely resemble modern photographs (today it is known as the Whirlpool Galaxy). Image File history File links M51Sketch. ... Image File history File links M51Sketch. ... The Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as Messier 51, M51, or NGC 5194) is an interacting[3] grand-design[4] spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici. ... The Triangulum Emission Nebula NGC 604 The Pillars of Creation from the Eagle Nebula For other uses, see Nebula (disambiguation). ... NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 17,000 parsecs in diameter and approximately 20 million parsecs distant. ... M51 may refer to: The Whirlpool Galaxy, (also known as Spiral Galaxy M51, Messier Object 51, Messier 51, M51, or NGC 5194), a classic spiral galaxy located in the Canes Venatici constellation. ... The Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as Messier 51, M51, or NGC 5194) is an interacting[3] grand-design[4] spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici. ...

Rosse named the Crab Nebula, based on an earlier drawing made with his older 36-inch (91cm) telescope in which it resembled a crab. A few years later, when the 72-inch (183cm) telescope was in service, he produced an improved drawing of considerably different appearance, but the original name stuck. The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M 1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus. ...

William Parsons

A main component of Rosse's nebular research was attempting to resolve the nebular hypothesis, which posited that planets and stars were formed by gravity acting on gaseous nebulae. Rosse himself did not believe that nebulas were truly gaseous, but rather that they were made of such an amount of fine stars that most telescopes could not resolve them individually (that is, he considered nebulas to be stellar in nature). Rosse and his technicians claimed to resolve the Orion nebula into its individual stars, which would have both political and cosmological implications, as at the time there was considerable debate over whether or not the universe was "evolved" (in a pre-Darwinian sense), a concept Rosse disagreed with strongly. Rosse's primary opponent in this was John Herschel, who used his own instruments to claim that the Orion nebula was a "true" nebula, and discounted Rosse's instruments as flawed (an insult Rosse returned about Herschel's own). In the end, neither man (nor telescope) could establish sufficient scientific authority in its results to solve the question by themselves (the convincing evidence for the gaseous nature of the nebula would come later from spectroscopic evidence, though it would not resolve the philosophical issues). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 308 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1850 × 3600 pixel, file size: 723 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) William Parsons Earl of Rosse (* 17. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 308 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1850 × 3600 pixel, file size: 723 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) William Parsons Earl of Rosse (* 17. ... A planetary disc forming in the Orion Nebula. ... Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ... The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated south of Orions Belt. ... John Herschel Sir John Frederick William Herschel (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English mathematician and astronomer. ... A spectroscope is a device which measures the spectrum of light. ...

In addition to his astronomical pursuits, Rosse served as a member of Parliament from 1821 to 1834, an Irish representative peer after 1845, president of the Royal Society (1848–1854), and chancellor of the University of Dublin (beginning in 1862). One of Rosse's telescope admirers was Thomas Langlois Lefroy, a fellow Irish MP and Chief Justice of Ireland (from 1852-1866), also known as Jane Austen's youthful love. On March 31, 1846 (Memoir, p. 241), Tom Lefroy said, "The planet Jupiter, which through an ordinary glass is no larger than a good star, is seen twice as large as the moon appears to the naked eye/.../But the genius displayed in all the contrivances for wielding this mighty monster even surpasses the design and execution of it. The telescope weighs sixteen tons, and yet Lord Rosse raised it single-handed off its resting place, and two men with ease raised it to any height."^[1] A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... In the United Kingdom, representative peers were individuals elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to represent them in the British House of Lords. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The premises of The Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Dublin, corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin located in Dublin, Ireland, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, making it Irelands oldest university. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Langlois Lefroy (8 January 1776 – 4 May, 1869) was an Irish politican and judge. ... The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth- or other countries with an Anglosaxon type of justice, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the Supreme... 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... Becoming Jane is a Columbia Pictures film currently in pre-production and scheduled to be released in 2006. ...

Rosse crater, on the Moon, is named after him. Rosse is a bowl-shaped lunar impact crater located in the southern part of Mare Nectaris. ... Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ...

Marriage and children

Rosse married Mary Field, daughter of John Wilmer Field, on 14 April 1836. They had four children: April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

• Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (b. 17 November 1840, d. 26 April 1929)
• Reverend Randal Parsons (b. 26 April 1848, d. 15 November 1936)
• Hon. Richard Clere Parsons (b. 21 February 1851, d. 26 January 1923), apparently made a name for himself building railways in South America.
• Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (b. 13 June 1854, d. 11 February 1931), is known for his commercial development of the steam turbine.

Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (November 17, 1840 – August 30, 1908) was the son and successor of the astronomer William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse who built the Leviathan of Parsonstown telescope, largest of its day. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Reverend is an honorary prefix added to the names of Christian clergy and ministers. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Charles Algernon Parsons Compund Steam Turbine, circa 1887 Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, O.M. (June 13, 1854 – February 11, 1931) was a British engineer, best known for his invention of the steam turbine. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into useful mechanical work. ...

References

1. ^ Lefroy, T. 1871, Memoir of Chief Justice Lefroy, Hodges, Foster & Co., Dublin.

External links

• The Leviathan of Parsonstown
• Birr Castle website
• thePeerage.com entry

Obituary

• MNRAS 29 (1869) 123
• Obituary - from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, volume XVI, 1868, pages xxxvi - xliii (at end of volume)