Merz Telescopes A global heritage worth preserving 1st Edition by Ileana Chinnici ISBN 3319823663 978-3319823669

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ISBN 10: 3319823663 

ISBN 13: 978-3319823669

Author: Ileana Chinnici

 This book comprises a fascinating collection of contributions on the Merz telescopes in Italy that collectively offer the first survey on historical large refracting telescopes in the country, drawing on original documents and photographs. It opens with a general introduction on the importance of Merz telescopes in the history of astronomy and analyses of the local and international contexts in which the telescopes were made. After examination of an example of the interaction between the maker and the astronomer in the construction and maintenance of these refractors, the history of the Merz telescopes at the main Italian observatories in the nineteenth century is described in detail. Expert testimony is also provided on how these telescopes were successfully used until the second half of the twentieth century for research purposes, thus proving their excellent optical qualities.

Table of contents: 

1. Big Is Beautiful: A Few Considerations About the Making of the Large 19th Century Refractors

2. The Merz Company: A Global Player of 19th Century

3. The Maker and the Scientist: The Merz-Secchi Connection

4. The Padua Observatory and the Merz Workshop Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire

5. The Merz Refractors at the Brera Astronomical Observatory

6. Merz Telescopes in Rome

7. On the Collection of Merz Instruments at the Naples Observatory

8. A Merz Telescope on Mount Etna: The Catania Astrophysical Observatory

9. Double Star Measurement with the Merz Refractors at the Padova and Torino Observatories

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