Classic Telescopes A Guide to Collecting, Restoring, and Using Telescopes of Yesteryear /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: English, Neil (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.