Blar i forfatter Institutt for arkeologi, historie, religionsvitenskap og teologi "Aspaas, Per Pippin"
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"From the Expeditio Litteraria of Maximilian Hell (1768-1770) to La Recherche of Paul Gaimard (1838-1840): Northernmost Fennoscandia in the Encyclopædic Tradition of Science"
Aspaas, Per Pippin (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2008)How are we, as historians of science, to deal with the history of scientific expeditions whose aims and scope covered multiple branches of research? Should we content ourselves to study the underlying, socio-political contexts motivating the expeditions, and give examples of what impression the local population, the nature, climate, etc. of the region made on the visiting scientists? Or should we ... -
Maximilian Hell's geomagnetic observations in Norway 1769
Aspaas, Per Pippin; Hansen, Truls Lynne (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2005)In the years 1768-1770 an expedition lead by the Austrian/Hungarian astronomer and Jesuit Father Maximilian Hell travelled to Vardø in the northernmost part of Norway. The main objective of the expedition was to observe the transit of Venus in June 1769. However, scientific investigations in several other fields were also performed, among them observations of the magnetic declination. From the ... -
Maximilian Hell's invitation to Norway
Aspaas, Per Pippin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2008)On 28th April 1768 the Imperial and Royal Astronomer of Vienna, the Jesuit Maximilian Hell (1720-1792) left his workplace at the Vienna University Observatory to embark upon a strenuous journey to the extreme north-eastern corner of Norway. -
Maximilianus Hell's call for subscriptions to the work Expeditio litteraria ad Polum arcticum
Aspaas, Per Pippin (Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2012)Reproduction of source materials used in the PhD thesis Maximilianus Hell (1720-1792) and the Eighteenth-Century Transits of Venus: A study of Jesuit Science in Nordic and Central European Contexts -
Maximilianus Hell’s unfinished introduction to the work Expeditio litteraria ad Polum arcticum
Aspaas, Per Pippin (Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2012)Reproduction of source materials used for the PhD thesis Maximilianus Hell (1720-1792) and the Eighteenth-Century Transits of Venus: A study of Jesuit Science in Nordic and Central European Contexts -
Tromsøs samiske historie
Myklebost, Kari Aga; Balsvik, Randi Rønning; Aspaas, Per Pippin (Chronicle; Kronikk, 2011)