Merz Telescopes

Merz Telescopes

A global heritage worth preserving

Chinnici, Ileana

Springer International Publishing AG

07/2018

185

Mole

Inglês

9783319823669

15 a 20 dias

454

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Introduction: the role of Merz telescopes in Italian astronomy - by Ileana Chinnici.- The Merz Company: a Global Player of the 19th Century - by Jurgen Kost & Gudrun Wolfschmidt.- 1850-1900: The Era of Very Large Refractors - by Paolo Brenni.- The maker and the scientist: the relationship between Georg Merz and the Jesuit astronomer Angelo Secchi - by Ileana Chinnici.- Visual double stars measurements with Merz refractors: some statistics - by Giuseppe Massone.- Padua Astronomical Observatory and Merz Workshop: a special connection - by Valeria Zanini.- Merz instruments at Naples Observatory -by Mauro Gargano.- Merz Telescopes at Brera - by Mario Carpino.- Merz telescopes at Rome Astronomical Observatories - by Aldo Altamore & Francesco Poppi.- Merz Telescopes at Catania Royal Astrophysical Observatory - by Andrea Orlando.- Appendix - A list of surviving Merz telescopes outside Italy - by P. Brenni and Ileana Chinnici.
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Georg Merz;Sigmund Merz;Refractor telescopes;Equatorial telescopes;Italian observatories;Italian astronomical heritage;Italian astronomical museums;The Merz Company;Georg Merz and Angelo Secchi