The great Melbourne telescope
Erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest in the world, designed to explore the nature of the nebulae in the southern skies. Richard Gillespie, head of the History and Technology department at the Melbourne museum has written an entertaining account of the telesc...
| Основен автор: | Gillespie, R. |
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| Автор-организации: | Museum Victoria. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Melbourne :
Museum Victoria,
2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=585099 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Great Melbourne telescope. |
| Резюме: |
Erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest in the world, designed to explore the nature of the nebulae in the southern skies. Richard Gillespie, head of the History and Technology department at the Melbourne museum has written an entertaining account of the telescope's extraordinary history and tells the story through an amazing cast of characters whose lives intersected with the telescope. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-170) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781921833311 1921833319 |