Classic Telescopes [E-Book] : A Guide to Collecting, Restoring, and Using Telescopes of Yesteryear / by Neil English.
Classic Telescopes explores the exciting world of telescopes past, as well as the possibilities involved in acquiring these instruments. What are classic telescopes? First, the book takes a look at the more traditional telescopes built by the great instrument makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth...
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Personal Name(s): | English, Neil, author |
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1st ed. 2013. |
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New York, NY :
Springer,
2013
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XV, 239 pages 171 illustrations, 83 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9781461444244 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4614-4424-4 |
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The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
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- Preface: The Appeal of Yesteryear.-Chapter 1: The Dollond Century
- Chapter 2: A Yorkshireman Makes Good
- Chapter 3: Once Upon a Time in America
- Chapter 4: Zeiss is Nice
- Chapter 5: The Story of Broadhurst, Clarkson & Fuller
- Chapter 6: The 60mm Brigade
- Chapter 7: Classic Specula
- Chapter 8: The Age of Unitron
- Chapter 9: Die Zauberflöte
- Chapter 10: Pioneers of the New Glass
- Chaper 11: Classic Cats
- Chapter 12: Resurrecting the Master's Glass
- Chapter 13: The Antique Telescpe in the Twenty-First Century
- Epilogue: Sailing to Byzantium
- References and Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index.