Ileana (Hrsg.) Chinnici

Merz Telescopes

A global heritage worth preserving

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This book comprises a fascinating collection of contributions on the Merz telescopes in Italy that collectively offer the first survey on historical large refracting telescopes in the country, drawing on original documents and photographs. It opens with a general introduction on the importance of Merz telescopes in the history of astronomy and analyses of the local and international contexts in which the telescopes were made. After examination of an example of the interaction between the maker and the astronomer in the construction and maintenance of these refractors, the history of the Merz telescopes at the main Italian observatories in the… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-319-41486-7
EAN: 9783319414867
Produktnummer: 22706999
Verlag: Springer
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 9'259 KB

Über den Autor

Ileana Chinnici is a research astronomer at INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo in Italy. She has been an Officer of the Italian Astronomical Society, National Coordinator of the INAF Museums, and Chair of the International Astronomical Union Commission C41 Archives Working Group. She has also served as a member of the Italian Astronomical Society (SAIt) Council and in 2008 was appointed Adjoint Scholar at Vatican Observatory. Her research has focused on the history of nineteenth century astronomy and astrophysics, the history of scientific instruments, and historical astronomical archives. She is the author or editor of several books as well as 25 journal papers and book chapters.