Civic Astronomy : Albany's Dudley Observatory, 1852-2002 /

The founding of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, N.Y., in 1852 was a milestone in humanity's age-old quest to understand the heavens. As the best equipped astronomical observatory in the U.S. led by the first American to hold a Ph. D. in astronomy, Benjamin Apthorp Gould Jr., the observatory h...

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Main Author:	Wise, George
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 2004.
Series:	Astrophysics and space science library ; 316.
Subjects:	Physics. History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book