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Big Is Beautiful: A Few Considerations About the Making of the Large 19th Century Refractors (2017)

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The race to produce very large refractors was one of the characteristics of 19th century instrumental astronomy.

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Authors & Contributors
Hoskin, Michael A.
Altamore, Aldo
Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan
Véron, Philippe
Tenn, Joseph S.
Stuik, Remko
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Rittenhouse: Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
History of Science
British Journal for the History of Science
Publishers
Springer
Verlag Harri Deutsch
Univ.-Verl. Göttingen
Museum of Victoria
Museum Boerhaave
Harvard University Press
Concepts
Telescopes
Astronomical observatories
Astronomy
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Galaxies; nebulae
Science and politics
People
Herschel, William
Respighi, Lorenzo
Merz, Georg
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Fraunhofer, Joseph von
Wilson, Albert George
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
20th century, late
Places
Germany
Netherlands
France
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Lisbon (Portugal)
England
Institutions
Göttingen. Universität
Leiden Observatory
Observatoire de Paris
Pulkovo Observatory
Lowell Observatory
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