Web Directory

» 400th Anniversary of the Invention of the telescope
   Circumstances of the invention, instructions for making a model, and commemorative events in Middelburg, the Netherlands. [Dutch and English]
   http://www.inventionofthetelescope.eu/

» Adler Planetarium - Historical Collections
   Collection of instruments, past exhibitions, history department information.
   http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/history/

» Antique Telescopes
   An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time.
   http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/

» Caltech Astronomy - History
   The telescopes at Mt. Wilson and Palomar.
   http://www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/history/

» Churches as Scientific Instruments
   Solar observatories built into 17th and 18th century cathedrals.
   http://cis.alma.unibo.it/NewsLetter/090496Nw/Heilbron.htm

» Sir Martin Ryle - Nobel Lecture
   Radio telescopes of large resolving power.
   http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1974/ryle-lecture.html

» The 28-inch Photo-visual Refractor
   Exhibition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, that explains the history of this telescope via words and archive photographs.
   http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=354&navId=005001004

» The Astrolabe
   Ancient astronomical computer.
   http://astrolabes.org/astrolab.htm

» Virtual Museum of Measuring Engines
   The history of modern astronomical measurement, emphasis on instruments.
   http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~afs5z/engines.html