Lick Observatory: References & Edit History
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A general popular account of the history of Lick Observatory is given by Donald E. Osterbrock, John R. Gustafson, and W.J. Shiloh Unruh, Eye on the Sky (1988). Helen Wright, James Lick’s Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory (1987), provides a detailed portrait of the men who constructed the observatory. The Lick 91-cm refractor as a visual instrument is described in John Lankford, “Photography and the Long-Focus Visual Refractor: Three American Case Studies, 1885–1914,” Journal for the History of Astronomy, vol. 14, part 2, no. 40, pp. 77–91 (June 1983).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: National Park Service - Astronomy and Astrophysics - Lick Observatory Building. | Jan 02, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton Homepage. | Oct 05, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 18, 1999 | ||
| New article added. | Jul 14, 1999 |
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