Galileo's glassworks [electronic resource] : the telescope and the mirror / Eileen Reeves.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.Description: 231 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 522/.2092 22
- QB85.8 .R44 2008
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Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.