The Great Refractor of Meudon Observatory

�The large telescope at Meudon, the Grande Lunette, with an 83 centimeter diameter, has become legendary. �When it was conceived (after 1870), Astronomy was limited to visual observation. Knowledge of the sky was limited to what one could see with the human eye, assisted only by optical means. The l...

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Main Author: Dollfus, Audouin. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 398
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7288-9