Merz telescopes : a global heritage worth preserving /: a global heritage worth preserving. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ileana Chinnici, editor.
• Editors: Chinnici, Ileana
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Big Is Beautiful: A Few Considerations About the Making of the Large 19th Century Refractors; 1 The Prototype: Dorpat Refractor; 2 Merz Refractors; 3 Collaborators and Rivals; 4 Glassmakers and Optical Glassmaking; 5 Some Unsuccessful Cases; 6 The Decline of Refractors; 7 "Big Is Beautiful": Yesterday and Today; References; 2 The Merz Company: A Global Player of 19th Century; 1 Joseph von Fraunhofer: A Sort of Hagiography; 2 The Merz Company-Sources and Traces; 2.1 Sources and Methods of Research; 2.2 Trade Literature and Account Books. 3 Epochs of the Optical Institute and Merz Company3.1 The Founders of the Merz Company: Georg Merz and Joseph Mahler; 3.2 The Period of Prosperity-Sigmund Merz: 1845-1883; 3.3 The Last Active Members of the Merz Company-Jakob and Matthias Merz: 1883-1903; 3.4 The Final Epoch-Merz-Zschokke: 1903-1932; 3.5 Staff of the Merz Company-Invisible Hands; 4 Data from Account Books and Other Sources; 5 Merz as a Global Player-Different Types of Instrument; 6 Why Did the Merz Company not Survive?; 6.1 The Output of the Merz Company; References; 3 The Maker and the Scientist: The Merz-Secchi Connection. 1 Scientific Collaboration2 Trading Aspects; 3 Technical Questions; 4 Not Only Telescopes: Spectroscopic Equipment by Merz; 5 What Is Extant?; 5.1 Star Spectroscope; 5.2 Photograph of Secchi's Solar Spectroscope; 5.3 Objective Prism; 5.4 Direct-Vision Spectroscope; 5.5 Other Accessories; 6 Final Remarks; References; 4 The Padua Observatory and the Merz Workshop Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire; 1 The First German Instruments at the Padua Observatory; 2 Telescopes with Merz Optics Purchased Through the Polytechnic Institute of Vienna; 3 Santini's Journey to Germany. 4 A New Telescope for the Observatory5 An Important Addition: Dembowski's Merz Telescope; References; 5 The Merz Refractors at the Brera Astronomical Observatory; 1 Schiaparelli and the Acquisition of Three Merz Telescopes; 1.1 The First Merz Refractor at Brera; 1.2 The Large Merz Refractor; 1.3 A Third Merz Telescope; 2 The Merz Telescopes After Schiaparelli; 2.1 The Fate of the 22 cm Refractor; 2.2 The End of the 49 cm Refractor; 2.3 The Merz-Cavignato; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Merz Telescopes in Rome; 1 Introduction; 2 The Merz Telescope at the Collegio Romano Observatory. 3 The Merz Achromatic Telescope at the Campidoglio Observatory4 Merz Telescopes at the Vatican Observatory; 4.1 Merz Telescope I; 4.2 Merz Telescope II; 4.3 Merz Telescope III; 5 Conclusions; References; 7 On the Collection of Merz Instruments at the Naples Observatory; 1 The Collection; 2 The First Telescope Acquired by the Italian Government; 3 The Long Life of the Neapolitan Merz Telescope; 4 Other Instruments Related to Merz; 4.1 The Annular Micrometer; 4.2 The Prismatic Spectroscope; 4.3 The Repsold Meridian Circle; 4.4 The Ertel Theodolite; 4.5 The Small Merz Telescope; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 185 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 522/.2909; 530; Telescopes -- History; NATURE -- Sky Observation; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; Telescopes; Electronic book; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319414867; 3319414860
• Related ISBNs: 9783319414850; 3319414852
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 11, 2017).
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