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Adler Planetarium - Historical Collections «
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/history/
Collection of instruments , past exhibitions , history department information.
Antique Telescopes «
http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/
An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time.
Caltech Astronomy - History «
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/history/
The telescopes at mt. wilson and palomar.
Churches as Scientific Instruments «
http://cis.alma.unibo.it/NewsLetter/090496Nw/Heilbron.htm
Solar observatories built into 17th and 18th century cathedrals.
Important Astronomers, their Instruments and Discoveries «
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/psc/hist1.html
From the merket to the reflecting telescope in three pages.
Sir Martin Ryle - Nobel Lecture «
http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1974/ryle-lecture.html
Radio telescopes of large resolving power.
Smithsonian Magazine - Stars in Their Eyes «
http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2001/october/refractors.php
The exquisite telescopes crafted by alvan clark and his sons helped make the last half of the 19th century a golden age of astronomy.
The 28-inch Photo-visual Refractor «
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.
The Astrolabe «
http://astrolabes.org/astrolab.htm
Ancient astronomical computer.
Virtual Museum of Measuring Engines «
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~afs5z/engines.html
The history of modern astronomical measurement , emphasis on instruments.
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