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In Search of William Gascoigne: Seventeenth Century Astronomer

William Gascoigne (c.1612-44), the first inventor of the telescopic sight and micrometer—instruments crucial to the advance of astronomy—was killed in the English Civil War. His name is now known to historians of science around the world, but for some considerable time after his tragic death at the...

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Autor principal: Sellers, David
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Springer 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4097-0
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1481600