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A - Piazzi Smyth, the Cape of Good Hope, Tenerife, and the siting of large telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2014

By
Brian Warner
Edited by
Ignacio González Martínez-País ,
Tariq Shahbaz  and
Jorge Casares Velázquez
Brian Warner
Affiliation:
University of Cape Town
Ignacio González Martínez-País
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
Tariq Shahbaz
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
Jorge Casares Velázquez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
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Accretion Processes in Astrophysics , pp. 291 - 294
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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Brück, H. A., and Brück, M. T. 1988. The Peripatetic Astronomer: The Life of Charles Piazzi Smyth. Inst. Physics Publ., Bristol.
Holden, E. S. 1986. Mountain Observatories in America and Europe. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Smyth, C. P. 1858. Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment, or Specialities of a Residence above the Clouds. Reeve, L. (ed.), London.
Warner, B. 1983. Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Artist: The Cape Years, 1835–1845. Balkema, A. A. (ed.). University of Cape Town.

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