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The Astrolabe (Popularity:

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http://astrolabes.org/astrolab.htm
Ancient astronomical computer.

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http://www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/history/
The telescopes at Mt. Wilson and Palomar.

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http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues01/oct01/refractors.html
The exquisite telescopes crafted by Alvan Clark and his sons helped make the last half of the 19th century a ...

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http://cis.alma.unibo.it/NewsLetter/090496Nw/Heilbron.htm
Solar observatories built into 17th and 18th century cathedrals.

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http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1974/ryle-lecture.html
Radio telescopes of large resolving power.

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http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/psc/hist1.html
From the merket to the reflecting telescope in three pages.

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http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~afs5z/engines.html
The history of modern astronomical measurement, emphasis on instruments.

Antique Telescopes (Popularity:

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http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/
An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time.

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http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/history/
Collection of instruments, past exhibitions, history department information.