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Observing by hand : sketching the nebulae in the nineteenth century /
Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope's digital cameras. But there was a time, before the successful application of photography to the heavens, in which scientists had to rely on handmade drawings of these mysterious phenomena....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Consolidation and coordination : Lord Rosse and his assistants
- Use and reception : biography of two images
- Conception and perception : E.P. Mason and Sir John F.W. Herschel
- Skill and instrumentation : William Lassell and Wilhelm Tempel.