The California-Wisconsin axis in American astronomy, 1978.

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The California-Wisconsin axis in American astronomy, 1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82251329

A discussion of the historical ties between the two great American observatories founded in the 19th century, Lick Observatory and Yerkes Observatory.

24 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Lick Observatory

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Yerkes Observatory

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Yerkes Observatory, located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, is a facility of the University of Chicago's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The observatory opened in 1897 as the joint creation of three founders: William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago; Professor George E. Hale, the observatory's first director; and Charles T. Yerkes, a wealthy Chicago businessman who provided funds for the erection of the observatory building. Known as the home of the last of t...

Osterbrock, Donald E.

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Chairman, Astronomy Department, University of Wisconsin, 1969-1972; director and professor of astronomy, Lick Observatory, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1972-. From the description of General files, 1950-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155004605 Osterbrock was born in 1924. From the description of Further links in the California-Wisconsin Astronomical connection, 1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84317753 From the description of The Cal...