| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 265 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
History of science and medicine library ; v. 23 |
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Scientific instruments and collections ; v. 2 |
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History of science and medicine library ; v. 23.
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History of science and medicine library. Scientific instruments and collections ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Introduction: Writing the History of the Telescope: Makers, Markets and Mapping; Colour Plates I-XIII; Galileo's Shopping List: An Overlooked Document about Early Telescope Making; Johann Wiesel's Telescopes and his Clientele; The 'Invisible Technician' Made Visible: Telescope Making in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth-century Dutch Republic; The Art of Polishing: Practice and Prose in Eighteenth-century Telescope Making |
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Networks of Telescope Makers and the Evolution of Skill: Evidence from Observatory and Museum CollectionsScoping Longitude: Optical Designs for Navigation at Sea; Following the Stars: Clockwork for Telescopes in the Nineteenth Century; Telescopes Made in Berlin: From Carl Bamberg to Askania; Wide-Field Photographic Telescopes: The Yale, Harvard and Harvard/Smithsonian Meteor and Satellite Camera Networks; The Making of Space Astronomy: A Gift of the Cold War; General Index |
| Summary |
Marking the anniversary of the telescope's invention, these collected essays highlight a number of significant historical episodes concerning this well-loved instrument, which has played a crucial role in Man's thinking about his position - literally and philosophically - in the universe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Telescopes -- History
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NATURE -- Sky Observation.
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Telescopes.
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Fernrohr
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morrison-Low, A. D
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| ISBN |
9789004214613 |
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9004214615 |
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