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Category: Historical
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Title (Author) Category Format
DU's historic Chamberlin Observatory
Stencel, Claire & Robert
2006
Historical book
DENVER's GREAT TELESCOPE -- a richly illustrated 100 page guide to the great refractor and its environs, by C. & R. Stencel. Copies available at $15 postpaid. Mail request and check payable to: University of Denver, and send to: Prof. Stencel, Chamberlin Observatory, University of Denver, Denver CO 80208 USA, and include your return address info. Proceeds support observatory programs.
Edwin Hubble
Christianson, Gale E.
Historical book
Eye on the Sky Lick Observatory’s First Century
Osterbrock, Donald; Gustafson, John; Unruh, Shiloh
1988
Historical book
Journey to the Stars - (Machinst from Stellafane)
??
Historical book
Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 1927

Historical book
Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society Appendix
?
(very old looking)
Historical book
Pierre-Simon Laplace 1749-1827
Gillispie
Historical book
Prehistory Astronomy in the Southwest
Malville
Historical book
Source Book in Astronomy 1900-1950
Shapley
Historical book
SPIE Vol 19
?
Historical book
The Explorers of Mars Hill, History of Lowell Observatory (1894-1994)
Putnam, William L.
Historical book
The First Forty Years JHU,APL
?
Historical book
 

 

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