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The Astrolabe
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http://astrolabes.org/astrolab.htm
Ancient astronomical computer.
Adler Planetarium - Historical Collections
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http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/history/
Collection of instruments, past exhibitions, history department information.
Sir Martin Ryle - Nobel Lecture
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http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1974/ryle-lecture.html
Radio telescopes of large resolving power.
Caltech Astronomy - History
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http://www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/history/
The telescopes at Mt. Wilson and Palomar.
400th Anniversary of the Invention of the telescope
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http://www.inventionofthetelescope.eu/
Circumstances of the invention, instructions for making a model, and commemorative events in Middelburg, the Netherlands. [Dutch and English]
Virtual Museum of Measuring Engines
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http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~afs5z/engines.html
The history of modern astronomical measurement, emphasis on instruments.
Churches as Scientific Instruments
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http://cis.alma.unibo.it/NewsLetter/090496Nw/Heilbron.htm
Solar observatories built into 17th and 18th century cathedrals.
Antique Telescopes
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http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/
An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time.
The 28-inch Photo-visual Refractor
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http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=354&navId=005001004
Exhibition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, that explains the history of this telescope via words and archive photographs.
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