The Life and Times of John Rand Capron (1829-1888)
Abstract
Although he was interested in a wide variety of natural atmospheric and astronomical phenomena John Rand Capron was most well-known to the general public for his auroral research and his promotion of 'Rainband' spectroscopy. He contributed more than 100 letters and articles to the science books and journals of the 1870s and 1880s, was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1877-1888, becoming a Council Member in 1883, and was a Fellow of the Meteorological Society. He wrote three books: Photographed Spectra (1877), Aurorae: their characters and spectra (1879) and A Plea for the Rainband and The Rainband Vindicated (1886).
- Publication:
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The Antiquarian Astronomer
- Pub Date:
- April 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014AntAs...8...21F