Instruments
Adler Planetarium - Historical Collections
Collection of instruments, past exhibitions, history department information.
Antique Telescopes
An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time.
Churches as Scientific Instruments
Solar observatories built into 17th and 18th century cathedrals.
Important Astronomers, their Instruments and Discoveries
From the merket to the reflecting telescope in three pages.
Smithsonian Magazine - Stars in Their Eyes
The exquisite telescopes crafted by Alvan Clark and his sons helped make the last half of the 19th century a golden age of astronomy.
The 28-inch Photo-visual Refractor
Exhibition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, that explains the history of this telescope via words and archive photographs.
The Airy Transit Circle
Describes the modernization of the Greenwich Observatory. From the BBC History series.
Virtual Museum of Measuring Engines
The history of modern astronomical measurement, emphasis on instruments.
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