Chapter ID: CBB723925956

The Padua Observatory and the Merz Workshop Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire (2017)

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Zanini, Valeria (Author)


Pages: 69-86
Publication date: 2017


The Padua Astronomical Observatory operated under the Government of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1813 to 1866 and consequently, in those years, had a special connection to such German optical firms as Utzschneider and Fraunhofer and with their successor, Merz.

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Authors & Contributors
Chinnici, Ileana
Aubin, David
Bianchi, Simone
Bigg, Charlotte
Bònoli, Fabrizio
Bucciantini, Massimo
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Acta Historica Astronomiae
British Journal for the History of Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Publishers
Springer
Duke University Press
Harvard University Press
MIT Press
Museum of Victoria
Springer International
Concepts
Astronomical observatories
Instruments, astronomical
Telescopes
Astronomy
Science and technology, relationships
Astronomers
People
Donati, Giovanni Battista
Galilei, Galileo
Hirsch, Adolphe
Humboldt, Alexander von
Janssen, Jules
Karsten, Wenceslaus Johan Gustav
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
Places
Italy
France
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
India
Institutions
Universität Dorpat
Observatoire de Paris
Mont-Blanc Observatory
Osservatorio astronomico universitario di Bologna
Observatoire de Neuchâtel
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