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. |
Съдържание:
- Foreword; CHAPTER ONE The Southern Telescope; CHAPTER TWO This Noble Object; CHAPTER THREE Engineering Masterpiece; CHAPTER FOUR Controversy; CHAPTER FIVE The Telescope at Work; CHAPTER SIX The Telescope in the City; CHAPTER SEVEN Rebirth; TELESCOPE TYPES; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Notes; Index.