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The source of imperfections in telescopes, and how one can attempt to remedy them (fig. LXIV) ; Hyperbolic, elliptical and parabolic figures of glass (figs. LXIV-LXV); Use of telescopes and microscopes (figs. LXVI-LXXII).

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The source of imperfections in telescopes, and how one can attempt to remedy them (fig. LXIV) ; Hyperbolic, elliptical and parabolic figures of glass (figs. LXIV-LXV); Use of telescopes and microscopes (figs. LXVI-LXXII).
Additional title: D'onde nascano le imperfettioni delli cannoechiali, ed in qual modo si possa tentare il rimedio ; Della figura de' vetri iperbolica, eliptica, e parabolica ; Dell'uso dei cannocchiali, e dei miscroscopij.
Names
Lana Terzi, Francesco, 1631-1687 (Author)
Collection

Prodromo: ouero, Saggio di alcune inuentioni nuoue premesso all'Arte maestra, opera che prepara il p. Francesco Lana Bresciano della Compagnia di Giesv

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1670
Place: Brescia
Publisher: Rizzardi
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KB+ 1670 (Lana Terzi, F. Prodromo)
Topics
Inventions
Telescopes
Microscopes
Genres
Design drawings
Drawings
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
Italian
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 8851349
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14387140
Library of Congress Control Number: 30028119
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2268b070-c6b6-012f-6409-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1631: Creator Born
  • 1670: Issued
  • 1687: Creator Died
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1670). The source of imperfections in telescopes, and how one can attempt to remedy them (fig. LXIV) ; Hyperbolic, elliptical and parabolic figures of glass (figs. LXIV-LXV); Use of telescopes and microscopes (figs. LXVI-LXXII). Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-f403-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The source of imperfections in telescopes, and how one can attempt to remedy them (fig. LXIV) ; Hyperbolic, elliptical and parabolic figures of glass (figs. LXIV-LXV); Use of telescopes and microscopes (figs. LXVI-LXXII).