Chapter ID: CBB146634870

Big Is Beautiful: A Few Considerations About the Making of the Large 19th Century Refractors (2017)

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Brenni, Paolo (Author)


Pages: 1-18
Publication date: 2017


The race to produce very large refractors was one of the characteristics of 19th century instrumental astronomy.

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Authors & Contributors
Poppi, Francesco
Beuermann, Klaus
Bònoli, Fabrizio
Borheck, Georg Heinrich
Bugge, Thomas
Chinnici, Ileana
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Acta Baltica historiae et philosophiae scientiarum
British Journal for the History of Science
History of Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Publishers
Aarhus Universitetsforlag
CNRS
Deutsch
Harvard University Press
Museum Boerhaave
Museum of Victoria
Concepts
Astronomical observatories
Telescopes
Astronomy
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Astrophysics
Science and politics
People
Bugge, Thomas
Encke, Johann Franz
Hall, John Scoville
Herschel, Caroline
Herschel, William
Humboldt, Alexander von
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
20th century, late
Places
Germany
France
Netherlands
Great Britain
Paris (France)
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
Pulkovo Observatory
University of Helsinki. Observatory and Astrophysical Laboratory
Lowell Observatory
Observatoire de Paris
Leiden Observatory
Göttingen. Universität
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