Directory > Science > Astronomy > History > Instruments Antique Telescopes An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time. http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The 28-inch Photo-visual Refractor Exhibition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, that explains the history of this telescope via words and archive photographs. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&am.... Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Airy Transit Circle Describes the modernization of the Greenwich Observatory. From the BBC History series. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/revolutions/airy_george_01.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Virtual Museum of Measuring Engines The history of modern astronomical measurement, emphasis on instruments. http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~afs5z/engines.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Important Astronomers, their Instruments and Discoveries From the merket to the reflecting telescope in three pages. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/psc/hist1.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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36 Years Ago An essay with photographs on the construction of the Arecibo radio telescope. http://www.naic.edu/about/history/35years.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Sir Martin Ryle - Nobel Lecture Radio telescopes of large resolving power. http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1974/ryle-lecture.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Churches as Scientific Instruments Solar observatories built into 17th and 18th century cathedrals. http://cis.alma.unibo.it/NewsLetter/090496Nw/Heilbron.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Smithsonian Magazine - "Stars in Their Eyes" The exquisite telescopes crafted by Alvan Clark and his sons helped make the last half of the 19th century a golden age of astronomy. http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues01/oct01/refractors.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Caltech Astronomy - History The telescopes at Mt. Wilson and Palomar. http://www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/history/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Birr Castle Demesne - Astronomy and Telescopes Lord Rosse's telescope, for many years the worlds largest. http://www.birrcastle.com/birr/astronomy/astframes.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Astrolabe Ancient astronomical computer. http://astrolabes.org/astrolab.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Antique Telescope Society Historical documents, galleries and information on maintaining and restoring old telescopes. http://www1.tecs.com/oldscope/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Adler Planetarium - History Collection of instruments, past exhibitions, history department information. http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/history/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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