Searching the heavens and the earth : the history of Jesuit observatories / by Agustín Udías.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A Jesuit tradition -- Observatories in Jesuit colleges and universities in Europe (1540-1773) -- Jesuit astronomers in China, India and other missions (1540-1773) -- Europe; astronomy and geophysics (1814-2000) -- North America; the Jesuit Seismological Association (1814-2000) -- South America; hurricanes and earthquakes (1814-2000) -- Asia, Africa and Australia; the great mission observatories (1814-2000) -- Europe -- North America -- Central and South America -- Africa, Asia and Australia -- Bibliography of Part I, Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

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