Merz Telescopes A global heritage worth preserving /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chinnici, Ileana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy,
• Subjects: Physics.; Cultural heritage.; History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Cultural Heritage.; History of Science.

This book comprises a fascinating collection of contributions on the Merz telescopes in Italy that collectively offer the first survey on historical large refracting telescopes in the country, drawing on original documents and photographs. It opens with a general introduction on the importance of Me...

Table of Contents:

• 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.