Searching the Heavens and the Earth: The History of Jesuit Observatories /

Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. The history of these observatories has never been published in a complete form. Many early European a...

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Main Author:	Udías, Augustín
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
Series:	Astrophysics and space science library ; 286.
Subjects:	Physics. Geology. History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book