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Merz Telescopes A global heritage worth preserving

By Ileana , Chinnici

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISBN
9783319414850, 9783319414867, 9783319823669, 3319823663
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
12 MB (13059878 bytes)
Series
Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Edition
1st edition
Pages
IX, 185 Seiten in 1 Teil 30 Illustrationen, 78 Ill
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
(BIC subject category)JFC;(BIC subject category)PD

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Introduction: the role of Merz telescopes in Italian astronomy - by Ileana Chinnici.- The Merz Company: a Global Player of the 19th Century - by Jurgen Kost & Gudrun Wolfschmidt.- 1850-1900: The Era of Very Large Refractors - by Paolo Brenni.- The maker and the scientist: the relationship between Georg Merz and the Jesuit astronomer Angelo Secchi - by Ileana Chinnici.- Visual double stars measurements with Merz refractors: some statistics - by Giuseppe Massone.- Padua Astronomical Observatory and Merz Workshop: a special connection - by Valeria Zanini.- Merz instruments at Naples Observatory -by Mauro Gargano.- Merz Telescopes at Brera - by Mario Carpino.- Merz telescopes at Rome Astronomical Observatories - by Aldo Altamore & Francesco Poppi.- Merz Telescopes at Catania Royal Astrophysical Observatory - by Andrea Orlando.- Appendix - A list of surviving Merz telescopes outside Italy - by P. Brenni and Ileana Chinnici.

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