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| Autore principale: | Willach, Rolf, 1937-
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| Titolo: | The long route to the invention of the telescope / Rolf Willach. |
| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia : American philosophical society, c2008. |
| Descrizione fisica: | IX, 116 p. : ill., ritr. ; 26 cm |
| Serie: | Transactions of the American philosophical society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, 0065-9746 ; 98.5 |
| Contiene: | Indice: Foreword / by Albert van Helden. Introduction. 1. The critical issue 2. The technology of grinding crystals in antiquity and the Middle Ages 3. The reading stones: lapides ad legendum 4. The first dioptrical vision aids 5. Glass techniques in the Middle Ages and the invention of spectacles 6. The development of spectacles in later Middle Ages and in the Renaissance 7. Evolution of the modern lens grinding technique in the sixteenth century 8. Written sources of the sixteenth century concerning the combination of two spectacle glasses 9. The events in Holland in the Autumn of 1608 10. The breakthrough 11. Who is the inventor of the telescope? 12. Summary. Acknowledgments. Notes. Further reading. About the author |
| ISBN: | 9781606189856 |
| Altri autori: | Helden, Albert van, 1940-
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| Discipline: | Astronomia--Strumenti. Ottica--Strumenti. |
| Keyword: | Strumenti--Astronomia e Cosmografia. Strumenti--Fisica. |
| Collocazione: | Cons. Strumenti G 035 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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