Links to other historical telescope websites:

• The Physical Sciences Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has compiled extensive information about telescopes.


• Abrahams, Peter. The history of the telescope and binocular. http://www.europa.com/~telscope/binotele.htm


• Antique Telescope Society. http://webari.com/oldscope


• Photos of the Cincinnati Observatory's 1904 Alvan Clark 11-inch refractor and the 1843 Merz und Mahler 16-inch refractor may be found here: Cincinnatiobservatory.org/picture/.


• This site is an ongoing project of Larry Brown. See my Homemade Astronomy web site.

Links to historical music websites (Since Galileo's father was a famous lute player):

• The Shakespeare Band English Renaissance music and early music from Shakespeare's plays and from the time of Galileo, telescope builder. Cincinnati, Ohio musicians.



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