Harvard College Observatory--the first century: a review of the past and a preview of the future, 1946.

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Harvard College Observatory--the first century: a review of the past and a preview of the future, 1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82296085

Illustrated with photographs, outlining current research and future plans.

1 booklet (94 p.)

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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In 1839, the Harvard Corporation appointed William Cranch Bond the first Astronomical Observer to the University, thereby taking the first step in establishing the Harvard College Observatory, after which the first telescope was installed in 1847. Scholars and students had studied astronomy at Harvard since the seventeenth century, but it wasn’t until a large comet sparked public interest in 1843 that donors began donating funds to build an observatory. During the tenure of the Harvar...