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The Merz Refractors at the Brera Astronomical Observatory (2017)

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In this paper I review briefly the history of the acquisition and utilization of the three Merz telescopes of the Brera Astronomical Observatory: the 22 cm Merz (Schiaparelli piccolo), the 49 cm Merz-Repsold (Schiaparelli grande) and the 16 cm Merz-Cavignato.

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Authors & Contributors
Poppi, Francesco
McAleer, John
Hoskin, Michael A.
Altamore, Aldo
Orlando, Andrea
Darlington, Vicki
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
British Journal for the History of Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
History of Science
Publishers
Pavia University Press
Univ.-Verl. Göttingen
Springer
Museum of Victoria
Museum Boerhaave
Deutsch
Concepts
Astronomical observatories
Telescopes
Astronomy
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Instruments, astronomical
Galaxies; nebulae
People
Herschel, William
Respighi, Lorenzo
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm
Secchi, Angelo
Pfaff, J. W. (Johann Wilhelm)
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
17th century
Places
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
France
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Milan (Italy)
Institutions
Osservatorio astronomico universitario di Bologna
Tartu Observatoorium
Palermo. Osservatorio Astronomico
Göttingen. Universität
Leiden Observatory
Observatoire de Paris
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