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Title: Report of the Boston committee, appointed by the meeting of merchants and others, on the subject of procuring a telescope of the first class, for astronomical observations, &c.
Identifier(s): text:131; APSimg6443; Goodman Number: 121; 973 C683 No. 449
Description: Gives succinct view of the importance of telescopes in science and commerce in an effort to garner support for the purchase of a high quality telescope in Boston. Especially stresses the role of astronomical observation in navigation. Signed in type by John Pickering, Francis C. Gray, Jona[than] Phillips, W[illia]m Appleton, and Israel Lombard, members of the committee.
Creator: Boston Committee
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Longitude; Telescopes
Date: 1843

Title: Demonstracion de los anteojos que se han inventado para conservar, y aumentar la vista. Explicacion del uso de los anteojos para todo genero de personas
Identifier(s): text:664; APSimg6670; Goodman Number: 304
Description: Illustrated broadside including numerous images of spectacles and other optical devices created to improve or enhance vision. Engraved by "Paulus Minguet."; Located in folder: Photographs, prints, etc. of optical instrument makers and materials.
Creator: Minguet é Irol, Pablo, d. 1801?
Source: Thomas Court Scientific Instruments Collection (Mss.509.078.M582);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision: ; Eyeglasses; Optical devices; Telescopes
Date: n.d.

Title: Symposium: Discoveries in Astronomy. Part II: Galileo’s Astonishing Discoveries
Identifier(s): video:999; 2009_11_004
Description: Dr. Gingerich discusses the first use of the telescope for astronomy by Galileo.
Subject: History of Science; Astronomy, History; Telescopes, History; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-11-12

Title: As seen in a telescope that inverts [printed upside down]. Erect diagram of occulation of [Mercury] by the [Moon].
Identifier(s): text:666; APSimg6667; Goodman Number: 123
Description: Possibly an advertising card for the famed scientific instrument maker Cornelius Varley.; Located in folder: Photographs, prints, etc. of optical instrument makers and materials.
Creator: Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873
Source: Thomas Court Scientific Instruments Collection (Mss.509.078.M582);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Astronomy; Stargazing; Telescopes
Date: 1857

Title: Description de la lunette achromatique faite avec des tuyaux glissant de cuivre, Par P. & J. Dollond, opticiens, dans le cimitiere de St. Paul à Londres
Identifier(s): text:789; APSimg6686; Goodman Number: 298
Description: Peter Dolland set up his famed optical shop in 1750 with the aid of his father, John Dolland, a self-taught optician. In 1766, five years after the death of John, Peter took on his brother, also named John, as partner. When John Jr. died in 1804, he was replaced by the two brothers' nephew, George Dollond (See Goodman #297: 973 C683 no. 728), who conducted the business himself after Peter's retirement in 1819.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 53.
Creator: Dollond, Peter, 1730-1820 Dollond, John; Dollond, Peter, 1730-1820 Dollond, John
Source: Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision: ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Optical devices; Telescopes
Date: n.d.

Title: Symposium: Discoveries in Astronomy. Part III: The Discovery of Quasars.
Identifier(s): video:1000; 2009_11_005
Description: Maarten Schmidt talks about the discovery of quasars and the use of large optical telescopes.
Subject: History of Science; Red shift, Emission spectra, Quasars, Radio spectrum, Line spectra, Emission line stars, Telescopes, Wavelengths; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-11-12