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The telescope : a short history
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- Creator
- Richard Dunn
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : Conway ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co., 2011
- Physical Details
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- 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781844861477, 1844861473
- OCLC
- ocn704379130
- Originally published: London : National Maritime Museum, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-180) and index.
- Before the telescope -- The birth of the telescope 1608-1700 -- The telescope and the imagination 1608-1700 -- The reflecting telescope 1610-1800 -- Perfecting the refractor 1700-1800 -- Global domination 1720-1900 -- The telescopic view 1720-1900 -- Telescopes, binoculars and modern life -- Modern astronomical telescopes -- Epilogue : looking to the future -- The telescope : a short timeline