Observatories
| dc.creator | Krisciunas, Kevin | |
| dc.date | 1999-02-01 | |
| dc.date | 1999-03-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:30:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:30:18Z | |
| dc.description | I give a brief history of astronomical observatories as an institution. This includes: 1) observatories in Islam; 2) China and India; 3) early European observatories; 4) the rise of national observatories; 5) private (amateur) observatories; 6) mountaintop observatories and the modern era. Additional references, to material not cited in the version that will be published in the encyclopedia, are also given. | |
| dc.description | 12 pages, 1 postscript figure included, for Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics Publishing | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902030 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902030 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13772 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Observatories | |
| dc.type | text |