Topics: telescopes, observatories, instruments, optics, astronomy

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Mansuripur, Masud. The Ronchi Test. Optics & Photonics News, July 1997, pp42-46. (Mansuripur.html)

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Mantois, M. On the Construction of Optical Glass. The Observatory 17 (Oct. 1894) 323-327. (Translation of address to the Astronomical Society of France, 7 Feb. 1894.)

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Marshall, O.S. The Telescope as a Measuring Instrument. Popular Astronomy 30 (March 1922) 148-153.

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Martin, H.M., et al. Fabrication of mirrors for the Magellan telescopes and the Large Binocular Telescope. pp609-618. Proc. SPIE 4837. Large Ground-based Telescopes. 2003.

Martin, H.M. Use of active optics to optimize the figure of a 3.5-m honeycomb sandwich mirror. pp176-179. Optical Fabrication and Testing Workshop. June 6-9, 1994. Washington: O.S.A., 1994.

Martin, L.C. & C.H. Griffiths. Deposits on glass surfaces in instruments. Transactions of the Optical Society 20:5 (February 1919) 135-154. (films. lubricants. moisture. cleaning. glass types.)

Martin, L.C. Description of Goerz submarine periscope adapted for high-angle work. Transactions of the Optical Society 20:9 (June 1919) 338-339.

Martin, L.C. & R. Kingslake. The measurement of chromatic aberration on the hilger lens testing interferometer. Transactions of the Optical Society 25:4 (April 1924) 213-218. (telescope objectives)

Martin, L.C. Note on a convenient bench for testing telescope object glasses. Transactions of the Optical Society 25:4 (April 1924) 209-212.

Martin, L.C. On the refractometry and identification of glass specimens - especially lenses. Transactions of the Optical Society 17:3 (December 1916) 76-92.

Martin, L.C. A physical study of coma. Transactions of the Optical Society 24:1 (October 1922) 1-9.

Martin, L.C. A physical study of spherical aberration. Transactions of the Optical Society 23:2 (January 1922) 63-92.

Martin, L.C. Surveying and Navigational Instruments from the Historical Standpoint. Transactions of the Optical Society 24:5 (June 1923) 289-303. (p300, reticles & cross wires; Joshua Lover Martin 1782 patent 1316 drawing plated tube. p302, Porro.)

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Martin, Thomas. The British Optical Industry in the War. Journal of Scientific Instruments 23:2 (February 1946) 21-26. (War production: 620,000 binoculars; 23,812 rangefinders; 394,463 telescopes. Tropicalization of binoculars. New design by R.G. Budden of Admiralty Research Lab, 5x40 binocular, fixed focus or focus by longitudinal movement of prisms. Total destruction of R. & J. Beck factory at Clerkenwell, manufacture of artillery dial sights - aim to the side or rear of a hidden target)

Maskelyne, Nevil. An Attempt to Explain a Difficulty in the Theory of Vision, Depending on the Different Refrangibility of Light. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 79 (1789) 256-264.

Maskelyne, Nevil. Astronomical Observations Made at the Island of St. Helena. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 54 (1764) 348-386.

Maskelyne, Nevil. A Proposal for Discovering the Annual Parallax of Sirius. Philosophical Transactions 51 (1759-1760) 889-895.
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Mattei, J.A. Fernald 8-inch Springfield Telescope. Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers 8 (Oct. 1979) 27-8.

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(Maury, A.) Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich. Maury, Antonia Caetana De Paiva Pereira. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Oxford University Press. http://www.anb.org/articles/13/13-01071.html Nov 25 2003.

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McGee, J.D. Image tubes in astronomy. Vistas in Astronomy 15 (1973) 61-89.

McGloin, David, Veneranda Garcés-Chávez, and Kishan Dholakia. Touchless Tweezing: Diffraction-free Bessel beams expand the power of optical tweezers. OE Magazine 3:1 (January 2003) 42-45. http://oemagazine.com/fromTheMagazine/jan03/pdf/tutorial.pdf

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McKenna-Lawlor, Susan M.P. Astronomy in Ireland from earliest times to the eighteenth century. Vistas in Astronomy 26:1 (1982) 1-13.

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McNutt, D.P.; Shivanandan, K.; Zajac, B.J.; Harwit, Martin. A Liquid-Nitrogen-Cooled Telescope for Infrared Rocket Astronomy. Astronomical Journal 71 (Feb. 1966) 170. (abstract)

McRae, D.B. The Measurement of Transmission and Contrast in Optical Instruments. Journal of the Optical Society of America 33 (1943) 229. history photometry

Meadows, A.J. The Airy era. Vistas in Astronomy 20:1 (1976) 197-201.

Medkeff, Jeff. Saturn's Ring Gaps: Official IAU Nomenclature. 1998. (.pdf)

Medwadowski, Stefan. CELT Tube Structure, Final Conceptual Design. (December 2001) CELT internal paper.

Meier, Ludwig. Planetary gear mechanisms - The geocentric movement of the planets reproduced in the planetarium. Jena Review 1 (1979) 13-17.

Mein, P. & J. Rayrole. Themis solar telescope. Vistas in Astronomy 28:2 (1985) 567-569.

Meinel, A.B. Astronomical Observations from Space Vehicles. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 71 (Oct. 1959) 369-380.

Meinel, Aden, Marjorie Meinel, & Neville Woolf. Multiple Aperture Telescope Diffraction Images. pp149-201. Rudolf Kingslake, ed. Applied Optics & Optical Engineering. Vol. 9. N.Y.: Academic Press, 1983.

Meinel, Aden Baker. New Frontiers of Astronomical Technology. Science 134 (#3486) (Oct. 20, 1961) 1165-1171.

(Melbourne) Results of Astronomical Observations Made at the Melbourne Observatory in the Years 1863, 1864, and 1865. Robert L.J. Ellery. Melbourne, 1866. Introduction. pp.iii - xxxi. (description instruments)

(Melbourne) Results of Astronomical Observations Made at the Melbourne Observatory in the Years 1876-77-78-79-80. Robert L.J. Ellery. Melbourne, 1884. Introduction. pp.iii - xxi. (description instruments)

Mellor, D.P. Optical Munitions. http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958, pp. 246-81. (The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/ )

Mellors, Robert C. The Reflecting Microscope. Science 112 (#2910) (Oct. 6, 1950) 381-389.

Melsheimer, Frank. Comparing Telescope Drive Technologies. http://www.dfmengineering.com/news_telescope_gearing.html 09 March 2005.

Melsheimer, Frank. DFM Engineering, Inc. Generation III Telescope Control System TCS 68000. pp732-741. L.B. Robinson, ed. Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy. N.Y.: Springer Verlag, 1988.

Melsheimer, Frank. How to Buy a Telescope. http://www.dfmengineering.com/news/HowToBuy.pdf 2001

Melsheimer, Frank. "Internet Telescope" Performance Requirements. http://www.dfmengineering.com/news/InternetTelescope.pdf

Melsheimer, Frank. Telescope Performance: Past, Present, and Future. pp239-256. Terry D. Oswalt, ed. The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium. Vol. 1, Perceptions, Productivities, and Policies. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2003.

Melsheimer, Frank. Telescope Structure - Deflections. Telescope Structure - Geometry. Telescope Structure - Pointing. Telescope Structure - Steel vs Aluminum. http://www.dfmengineering.com/news_eng_articles.html Sept.-Dec. 2000.

Melsheimer, Frank, & Malcolm J. MacFarlane. A Very Wide Field, Very Fast Telescope. http://www.dfmengineering.com/news/news1.pdf August 2000.

Melvill, Thomas. Observations on Light and Colours, 1752. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 8 (Aug. 1914) 231-272. Preface: John A. Brashear. The Originator of Spectrum Analysis. pp229-230.

Menzel, Donald H. Kepler's place in science fiction. Vistas in Astronomy 18 (1975) 895-904.

Merklinger, Harold M. Addendum to Focusing the View Camera. 1993, 1995. http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/

Merklinger, Harold M. The Ins and Outs of Focus. http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/

Merklinger, Harold M. Principles of View Camera Focus. May 1996. http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/

Merklinger, Harold M. Scheimpflug’s Patent. Photo Techniques, Nov/Dec 1996. http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/

Merrill, Paul. Progress in Photography Resulting From the War. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 32 (1920) 16-26.

Merz, Lawrence. Aspheric potpourri. Applied Optics 20:7 (1 April 1981) 1127-1131.

Mertz, Lawrence. Design for a Giant Telescope. pp507-513. J. Home Dickson, ed. Optical Instruments and Techniques 1969. Proceedings of Conference at U. of Reading 7/14-19/1969. Newcastle: Oriel, 1970.

Merz, Lawrence. Geometrical design for aspheric reflecting systems. Applied Optics 18:24 (15 Dec. 1979) 4182-4186.

(Mersenne) Book reviews. Correspondance du P. Marin Mersenne, Religieux Minime. Editors: Cornelis De Waard, v1-7; Bernard Rochot v8-11; Jean Bernhardt v12; Armand Beaulieu v13-17. Paris, Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

Isis 20 (Jan. 1934) 467-470. Isis 27 (Aug. 1937) 334-336. Book reviews, in French.

George Sarton. Book review. Isis 39:3. (Aug. 1948) 179-181.

Robert P. Multhauf. Book review. Correspondance Volume XII: 1643. Tables et index cumulatif des tomes I a X (annees 1617-1641). Isis 67:1 (March 1976) 128-129.

Robert P. Multhauf. Book review. Volume XIII: 1644-1645. Isis 70:2 (June 1979) 317.

William L. Hine. Book review. Volume XIV: 1646. Isis 73:1 (March 1982) 140.

A. Rupert Hall. Book review. Vol. XV: 1647. Isis 76:1 (March 1985) 75-80. (pp655-656, lists editorial essays, including de Waard, long essay on telescope)

William R. Shea. Book review. Volume XVI: 1648. Isis 78:2 (June 1987) 303-304.

William R. Shea. Book review. Volume XVII: Supplements, tables et bibliographie. Isis 81:3 (Sept. 1990) 571-572. index, biography, bibliography.

Meskens, Ad. Michiel Coignet's Contribution to the Development of the Sector. Annals of Science 54:2 (March 1997) 143-160.

Messier, M. A Discovery, with Observations, of Two New Comets in the Marine Obvatory at Paris. Philosophical Transactions 56 (1766) 57-65.

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Meyer, Wilhelm. The Urania Gesellschaft. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2:9 (July 12, 1890) 143-152.

Meylan, Georges, Juan P. Madrid, & Duccio Macchetto. Hubble Space Telescope Science Metrics. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 116 (August 2004) 790–796.

Michaelis, Max M., et al. A gas-lens telescope. Nature 353 (10 Oct. 1991) 547-548. (U. of Natal, Durban, South Africa, lens formed by air moving through a heated pipe; produces images of Sun & Moon, focuses laser; variable focus and high-power threshold.)

Michelson, A.A. The Limit of Visibility of Fine Lines in a Telescope. Astrophysical Journal 2 (June 1895) 60-62. (note on 'canals of Mars')

Michelson, A.A. & F.G. Pease. Measurement of the Diameter of alpha Orionis with the Interferometer. Astrophysical Journal 53 (1921) 249-259

Michelson, A.A. Note on the Definition, the Resolving Power and the Accuracy of Telescopes and Microscopes. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2:8 (May 1890) 115-117.

Michelson, Albert A. Recent Advances in Spectroscopy. Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1907. Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam. http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1907/michelson-lecture.html Nov. 2003

(Microcosm) Boston, May 13, 1756. To be seen (for a short time) at the house of Mr. William Fletcher, merchant, New-Boston; that elaborate and matchless pile of art, called, the Microcosm, or, The world in miniature. Broadside. 27 x 18 cm. (This advertisement appeared in the Boston weekly news-letter, printed by John Draper, on May 13 and 27, and in the Boston gazette, printed by Edes and Gill, on May 17, 24, and 31. Bristol and Ford ascribe this separate printing of the advertisement to Edes and Gill, from whom tickets were to be had. However, the advertisement as printed in Draper's Boston weekly news-letter is dated "Boston, May 13, 1756," as is the separate printing, while in the Boston gazette the advertisement is undated. Additionally, the advertisement as it appeared in the Boston gazette lacks a note concerning subscriptions found in both the separate printing and in the Boston weekly news-letter advertisement. A second advertisement, with an entirely different text, and including a relief cut of the Microcosm, appeared in the Boston gazette on June 3 and 10, and in the Boston weekly news-letter on June 7 and 14.) (Early American Imprints)

Microscopical Society of Southern California. Journal. August 2000, Sept. 2002. (.pdf)

Middleton, W.E.K. Giovanni Alphonso Borelli and the Invention of the Heliostat. Archive for History of Exact Sciences 10 (1973) 329-341.

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(Milano Merate Observatory) Il Riflettore di 102 cm. Della R. Specola di Merate. Pubblicazioni del R. Osservatorio Astronomico di Merate. Nr.1, pt. 2. Milano, 1929.

Miles, H. William Andrews, a 19th century amateur astronomer. Journal of the British Astronomical Association 98:5 (Aug.1988) 245-248.

(Miles) John R. Miles Corp. Optical Spectra, Jan.-Feb. 1968, pp25-26. (Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 1947-)

Millburn, John R. Benjamin Martin and the Royal Society. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 28:1 (June 1973) 15-23.

Millburn, John. Historical Patents and the Instrument Collector. Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society #18 (1988) 3-7.

Millburn, John R. James Ferguson's Lecture Tour of the English Midlands in 1771. Annals of Science 42:4 (July 1985) 397-415.

Millburn, John R. The London Evening Courses of Benjamin Martin and James Ferguson, Eighteenth-Century Lecturers on Experimental Philosophy. Annals of Science 40:5 (Sept. 1983) 437-455.

Millburn, John R. The Trade in Scientific Instruments. Annals of Science 43:1 (Jan. 1986) 81-86. (BR Science & Profit, Whipple exhibit)

Miller, John. The Sproul Observatory of Swarthmore College. Popular Astronomy #205, pp1-10. (Reprinted, Sproul Observatory Publications #2, 1912-1914.)

Miller, Richard. A Phenomenological Representation for Seeing. Tucson: AURA, 1970. (KPNO)

Miller, Robert E. & Thomas J. Tredici. Night Vision in Military Aviation: Night Vision Manual for the Flight Surgeon. AL-SR-1992-0002. Brooks AFB: USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, 1992. www.brooks.af.mil/web/af/courses/ amp/AMP_Online/amp_Eye_lectures/UNV7.doc

Miller, Robert P. Stalking the Wild Paraboloid. Telescope Making 6 (Winter 1979-1980) 20-24.

Miller, William C. Dark Adaptation: Its Nature and Preservation. A.A.S. Photo-Bulletin 24 (1980) 18-19.

Miller, W.H. On Two New Forms of Heliotrope. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 14 (1865) 297-299.

Milligan, Scott. (Ritchey Chretien field correctors) 2004. (.pdf)

Milligan, Scott. (Ritchey Chretien focal reducers) 2004. (.pdf)

Milligan, Scott. (Ritchey Chretien collimation, focusing, misalignment tolerances) 2004. (.pdf)

Millman, Peter M. Space Astronomy. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 54 (Oct. 1960) 216-221. (Symposium)

Millman, Peter M. & D.W.R. McKinley. Stars Fall Over Canada. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 61 (Oct. 1967) 277-294. (meteor craters, meteorites, meteor tracking)

Millochau, G. and M. Stefanik. A New Form of Spectroheliograph. Astrophysical Journal 24 (1906) 42-45. (Meudon; Janssen, Deslandres)

Mills, Allan A. Canada Balsam. Annals of Science 48:3 (May 1991) 173-185.

Mills, A.A. A clock-driven planisphere. Journal of the British Astronomical Association 97:6 (1987) 348-349.

Mills, A.A. Leicester University solar observatory. Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 97:2 (Feb. 1987) 98-105.

Mills, A.A. Newton's Prisms and His Experiments on the Spectrum. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 36:1 (Aug. 1981) 13-36.

Mills, H. R. Short Sight and Long Sight at the Telescope. Journal of the British Astronomical Association 92 (Oct. 1982) 280-2

Mirror of the Future. Poptronics, Oct. 2000, pp17-18. (membrane mirror .pdf)

(Mitchel) Shoemaker, Philip S. Mitchel, Ormsby Macknight. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Oxford University Press. http://www.anb.org/articles/13/13-01147.html Nov 25 2003.

(Mitchell, M.) Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory. Mitchell, Maria. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Oxford University Press. http://www.anb.org/articles/13/13-01151.html Nov 25 2003.

Mitchell, S.A. Astronomy during the Early Years of the American Philosophical Society. Science 95 (#2472) (May 15, 1942), pp. 489-495. (p490, Rittenhouse made first telescope 1756; p491,T of V 1769 - Rittenhouse transit is first telescope made in America. College of William & Mary, observatory in 1789.)

Mitchell, S.A. Publications of the Leander McCormick Observatory of the University of Virginia, volume 3 (n.d.) 1-32. (ADS PLMO v3, pp3-47)

(Mitchell, S.) Fredrick, Laurence W. Mitchell, Samuel Alfred. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Oxford University Press. http://www.anb.org/articles/13/13-02466.html Nov 25 2003.