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Charming Tools of a Demanding Trade: The Heritage of Nineteenth-Century Astrometry at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon (2008)

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Astronomy Spherical astronomy; astrometry Parallax (astronomy) Telescopes Scientific apparatus and instruments Astronomical observatories National identity 19th century Portugal Lisbon (Portugal) Pulkovo Observatory

Description On the measurement of parallax.

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Authors & Contributors
Altamore, Aldo
Raposo, P. M. P.
Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan
Véron, Philippe
Tenn, Joseph S.
Stuik, Remko
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Journal for the History of Astronomy
History of Science
British Journal for the History of Science
Acta Baltica historiae et philosophiae scientiarum
Publishers
Springer
University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Verlag Harri Deutsch
Museum of Victoria
Museum of Science of the University of Lisbon
Museum Boerhaave
Concepts
Astronomical observatories
Telescopes
Astronomy
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Science and politics
Astrophysics
People
Respighi, Lorenzo
Merz, Georg
Fraunhofer, Joseph von
Wilson, Albert George
Secchi, Angelo
Janssen, Jules
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Lisbon (Portugal)
Netherlands
France
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Estonia
England
Institutions
Tartu Observatoorium
Leiden Observatory
Observatoire de Paris
Pulkovo Observatory
Lowell Observatory
University of Helsinki. Observatory and Astrophysical Laboratory
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