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Galileo's glassworks

Reeves, Eileen Adair.

Galileo's glassworks the telescope and the mirror / [electronic resource] : Eileen Reeves. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 231 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-218) and index.

The daily mirror of empire -- Idle inventions -- Obscure procedures and odd opponents -- The Dutch telescope and the French mirror -- The afterlife of a legend.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.





GBA777304 bnb

Uk


Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.


Astronomical instruments--History--Europe--17th century.
Telescopes--History--Europe--17th century.
Optical instruments--History--Europe--17th century.
Mirrors--Experiments--History--17th century.
Science--History--17th century.


Electronic books.

QB85.8 / .R44 2008eb

522/.2092

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