Astronomical Observatories and Chronometry, 18th-20th Century Studies in Honour of Paolo Brenni /
This book presents research perspectives and open questions on the intersections between astronomy and chronometry. Their study is of crucial importance to the new historiography of observatories. On the one hand, pendulums were fundamental tools for astronomical observation, as measuring time was e...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Observatory Time -- Synchronising Paris in the Eighteenth Century? Henry Sully’s Meridian Line at Saint-Sulpice: Astronomy, Clockmaking, and Timekeeping -- Instructions and Time Measurement at the Paris Observatory (1667-1789) -- The Chronometry Collection of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory -- “Hour by Hour, Day and Night”: Splitting Time between the Astronomical and Physical Observatories -- Timekeeping and Time Balls at the Hamburg Observatory -- Determining Time, Eliminating the Personal Equation and Introducing Quartz Clocks: The Neuchâtel Observatory’s Operating Chain in 1954 -- The Nineteenth-Century Marine Chronometers of the Royal Astronomical Observatory of the Spanish Navy in San Fernando -- The Certification of Chronometers at the Neuchâtel Cantonal Observatory. Setting up and Renewing Equipment and the Legal Framework for Certification (1858-1912) -- Astronomy and Chronometry: Institutions for Testing Chronometers after the Foundation of the German Empire in 1871 -- On the Accuracy of Celestial and Terrestrial Clocks: The Merit of Felix Schmeidler’s Half-Century Monitoring of Two Riefler Clocks at Munich Observatory -- “Who Put That Hole In The Telescope?” The Development of the World’s Most Accurate Timepiece -- Observatories, Marine Chronometers, and Terrestrial Applications: From Chronometric Longitude Expeditions to Observational Efficiency -- Astronomy and Chronometry: Experimental Practices to Improve Hydrography during the Early Nineteenth Century -- Colonial Time Machines: Chronometry and the Personal Equation between Europe and South Asia -- Paolo Brenni Scholar, Educator and Artisan -- Beyond the Written Word. Paolo Brenni’s Foundational Contribution to the Conservation of Scientific Instruments. | |
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