An introduction to the telescope, including the history of its invention, how telescopes work, and information on different types of telescopes today.
The Telescope
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
"--Jay M. Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, Williams College "This book covers both the science of astronomy and the telescope technology that underlies astronomical discoveries.
The story of its development is a fascinating narrative of scientific endeavour, exploration and ingenuity, encompassing the lives of scientists and astronomers such as Galileo, Newton, William Herschel and Edmund Halley as well as the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.