“Es wäre mir unmöglich nur ein halbes Jahr so zu leben wie er”: Encke, Humboldt und was wir schon immer über die neue Berliner Sternwarte wissen wollten (2003)
Knobloch, Eberhard (Author)
Pages: 27-57
Edition Details: Translated title: [“It would be impossible for me to live only half a year as him”: Encke, Humboldt and what we have always wanted to know about the new Berlin observatory.] In German.
Language: German
When Alexander von Humboldt returned to Berlin in 1827 he quickly began to promote the science of astronomy in the Prussian capital. Humboldt's arguments, put forth in a memorial, persuaded the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III to grant the financial means necessary for buying Fraunhofer's last large refractor telescope, for ordering a meridian circle from Pistor, and a chronometer form Tiede, as well as for constructing a new observatory in Berlin-Kreuzberg to house all of these newly acquired instruments. This article is based on previously unknown archival material kept in the Prussian State Archives. In the Appendix, Humboldt's memorial is published for the first time.
...MoreDescription On Humboldt's promotion of astronomy in the Prussian capital. “This article is based on previously unknown archival material kept in the Prussian State Archives. In the Appendix, Humboldt's memorial is published for the first time.” (from the abstract)
Book Hamel, Jürgen; Knobloch, Eberhard; Pieper, Herbert (2003) Alexander von Humboldt in Berlin: Sein Einfluß auf die Entwicklung der Wissenschaften; Beiträge zu einem Symposium.
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