History of the Telescope

Klappentext This remarkable history encompasses not only the achievements of the early inventors and astronomers but also the less frequently recounted stories of the instrument makers and of the actual instruments. 196 black-and-white illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Beginnings of Astronomical Observation2. Early References to Lenses and to Optics3. The Application of the Telescope to Astronomy by Galileo4. Descartes' Failure to Improve the Telescope5. Newton's Dispersion Investigations6. Gascoigne and Picard Use Telescopic Sights7. The Telescopes Used by Herschel at Bath8. Hall's Invention of the Achromatic Lens9. Guinand's Contributions to Flint-glass Manufacture10. Rosse's Experiments with Compound Specula11. Cassini IV's Trouble at the Paris Observatory with French Instrument-workers12. The First American Observatories13. Liebig's Silvering Process14. Early History of Spectrum Analysis15. Visual, Photographic and Photovisual Refractors of the Late Nineteenth Century16. Hale's Invention of the Spectroheliograph17. The Zeiss Foundation--Interesting Zeiss Telescopes18. The 74-inch Toronto Reflector and Smaller Grubb-Parsons Telescope19. Large Telescopes Built by Amateurs Index

Product details

• Authors: Henry C.king, Henry C King, Henry C. King, Henry Charles King
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2003
• EAN: 9780486432656
• ISBN: 978-0-486-43265-6
• No. of pages: 456
• Series: Dover Books on Astronomy; Dover Books on Astronomy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science