Book ID: CBB001021841

Embassies of the King of Siam Sent to His Excellency Prince Maurits, Arrived in The Hague on 10 September 1608 (2008)

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Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan (Editor)


Louwman
Publication date: 2008
Language: English


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Introduction by Henk Zoomers
Physical Details: 56 pp.; ill.; bibl.

Description Includes the first documention of a demonstration of a telescope.


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Authors & Contributors
Reeves, Eileen A.
Zuidervaart, Huibert Jan
Barbieri, Cesare
Bascelli, Tiziana
Biagioli, Mario
Bolt, Marvin P.
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Archief: Mededelingen van het Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen
History of Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology and Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Digital Library
Harvard University Press
Museum Boerhaave
Sally Beaumont
Science History Publications
Concepts
Astronomy
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Telescopes
Astronomical observatories
Primary literature (historical sources)
Observation
People
Galilei, Galileo
Fontana, Francesco
Hooke, Robert
Borel, Pierre
Brahe, Tycho
Clavius, Christopher
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Italy
Germany
Japan
Netherlands
New England (U.S.)
England
Institutions
Universität Bonn
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Leiden Observatory
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
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