C. Piazzi Smyth
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Born January 1, 1819
Died January 1, 1900 (81 years old)
Naples, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Also known as: S. Piazzi Smyth, Piazzi Smyth
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An English astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Wikipedia).
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Madeira Spectroscopic: Being a Revision of 21 Places in the Red Half of the ..
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On The Antiquity Of Intellectual Man From A Practical And Astronomical Point Of View
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Life and work at the Great pyramid during the months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865
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Teneriffe, an astronomer's experiment
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Piazzi Smyth's popular account of an astronomical site in the Canary Islands and the experiments he carried out there. He illustrated it with his own stereo-photographs, and it is generally believed to be the first book illustrated in this manner.