Merz Telescopes: A Global Heritage Worth Preserving

Book Overview

Introduction: the role of Merz telescopes in Italian astronomy - by Ileana Chinnici.- The Merz Company: a Global Player of the 19th Century - by Jurgen Kost & Gudrun Wolfschmidt.- 1850-1900: The Era of Very Large Refractors - by Paolo Brenni.- The maker and the scientist: the relationship between Georg Merz and the Jesuit astronomer Angelo Secchi - by Ileana Chinnici.- Visual double stars measurements with Merz refractors: some statistics - by Giuseppe Massone.- Padua Astronomical Observatory and Merz Workshop: a special connection - by Valeria Zanini.- Merz instruments at Naples Observatory -by Mauro Gargano.- Merz Telescopes at Brera - by Mario Carpino.- Merz telescopes at Rome Astronomical Observatories - by Aldo Altamore & Francesco Poppi.- Merz Telescopes at Catania Royal Astrophysical Observatory - by Andrea Orlando.- Appendix - A list of surviving Merz telescopes outside Italy - by P. Brenni and Ileana Chinnici.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319414852
• ISBN13: 9783319414850
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"