Topics: telescopes, observatories, instruments, optics, astronomy

Dreyer, J.L.E. & J.V. Schiaparelli. Who Discovered the Optical Properties of Lenses? Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 3 (#16) (June 1891) 239-241.

Drollette, Dan. Extreme Photonics: Mega Mirrors. Photonics Spectra, Feb. 2000, pp84-92.

Drummond, D.G. A simple method of fitting fine cross-wires in an optical instrument. Journal of Scientific Instruments 10:8 (August 1933) 258-259. (threads of glue)

Drummond, Thomas. On the Illumination of Light-Houses. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 120 (1830) 383-398.

Drummond, Thomas. On the Means of Facilitating the Observation of Distant Stations in Geodaetical Operations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 116 (1826) 324-337. (heliostat)

Drysdale, C.V. On a simple direct method of determining the curvatures of small lenses. Transactions of the Optical Society 2 (1900-1901) 1-12.

Drysdale, C.V. A simple direct method of testing spherical and cylindrical lenses. Transactions of the Optical Society 1 (1899-1900) 72-83.

Drysdale, C.V. The testing of optical instruments. Transactions of the Optical Society 3 (1901-1902) 70-101.

Drysdale, C.V. On some points in the design of optical instruments. Transactions of the Optical Society 4 (1902-1903) 11-40.

Drysdale, C.V. Stroboscopy. Transactions of the Optical Society 7 (1905-1906) 1-16.

Dubs, Homer H. Solar Eclipses during the Former Han Period. Osiris 5 (1938) 499-522.

Dudley, J. Longitude Zero 1884-1984. The Observatory 104 (Oct. 1984) 209-211.

Dudley, Scott. How to Quickly Estimate the Focal Length of a Diverging Lens. The Physics Teacher 37 (Feb. 1999) 94.

Dufay, Jean & Charles Fehrenbach. France's Haute Provence Observatory. Sky & Telescope 22:1 (July 1961) 4-9.

(Duncker) Albrecht, Karl. Ein weiterer Beitrag zur aelteren Geschichte der Rathenower Optischen Industrie-Anstalt. Zeitschrift fuer Instrumentenkunde 47 (Aug. 1927) 403-408.

Dunn, Samuel. Observations on the Eclipse of the Sun, April 1, 1764, at Brompton-Park. Philosophical Transactions 54 (1764) 114-117. (drawing)

Dupre, Sven. The Dioptrics of Refractive Dials in the Sixteenth Century. Nuncius 18:1 (2003) 39-67. (p57, Ettore Ausonio, Venice, 1500s, 'made certain concave mirrors of reasonable size that show marvelous things')
Dvoichenko-Markov, Eufrosina. The Pulkovo Observatory and Some American Astronomers of the Mid-19th Century. Isis 43:3 (Sept. 1952) 243-246.

Dyson, Freeman J. Science as a Craft Industry. Science 280 (15 May 1998) 1014-1015. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/280/5366/1014 Nov. 2003

(The Early Home of Glass for Telescopes) Popular Astronomy 27 (1919) 409. (From 'An Oxford Notebook', The Observatory, Feb. 1919)

Ebbighausen, E.G. Supply of Telescopes. Science 147 (#3663) (March 12, 1965) 1242.

Eberlein, Kurt. Der grosse Refraktor fuer Caracas. Zeiss Werkzeitschrift #32 (1959) 26-28. (Askania) (.tif)

(Eclipse 1737) A Collection of the Observations of the Solar Eclipse, Feb. 18. 1736-7. Sent to the Royal Society. Geo. Graham; Edm. Halley; J. Bevis; Colin Mac Laurin; John Clerk; Roger Gale; Charles Mason; Didaco de Revillas; Abbate Hieronym; J. Fredcrico Weidlero. Philosophical Transactions 40 (1737-1738) 175-201.

(Eclipse 1937) C.P.K. The Hayden Planetarium-Grace Peruvian Eclipse Expedition. The Scientific Monthly 45:2 (Aug. 1937) 186-189.

Eddy, John; Peter A. Gilman; Dorothy E. Trotter. Anomalous Solar Rotation in the Early 17th Century. Science 198 (#4319) (Nov. 25, 1977) 824-829.

Eddy, John A. The Maunder Minimum. Science 192 (#4245) (June 18, 1976) 1189-1202. (.pdf)

Eddy, John A. A New Sun: The Solar Results from Skylab. Rein Ise, editor. NASA SP-402. Washington, DC: NASA, 1979. http://history.nasa.gov/SP-402/sp402.htm (Apollo Telescope Mount )

Eden, E.M. Magnification scales for a convex lens. Journal of Scientific Instruments 10:3 (March 1933) 89. (see Rheinberg)

Edlyn, Richard. Prae-nuncius sydereus, an astrological treatise. London: Printed by J.G. for Nath. Brook, 1664. (R.E.: 1631-1677.)

Eggen, Olin J. Captain Cook and the Transit of Venus. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflets, Vol. 7 (1957) 337-345.

(Eggen) Freeman, Ken. Olin J Eggen 1919-1998. Astronomy & Geophysics 41:1 (Feb. 2000) 36. http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5470010&db=aph

(Eggen) Freeman, Ken, et al. Obituary: Olin Jeuck Eggen, 1919-1998. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 32:4 (2000) 1661-1662. (Whitford, Albert; Greenstein, Jesse; Kron, Katherine; Kron, Gerald; Trimble, Virginia)

Ehrlich, Mark E. Mechanism and Activity in the Scientific Revolution: The Case of Robert Hooke. Annals of Science 52:2 (March 1995) 127-151. http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6234697&db=aph

(Eimmart) Two Observations of the Last Eclipse November 30th Last, Made At Nuremberg; The One By Mr. G.C. Eimmart, the Other By Mr. J. Ph. Wurtzelbaur: Communicated by Mr. Theodore Haak R.S.S. Philosophical Transactions 16 (1686) 146-147.

Eisenhart, M. Herbert & Everett W. Melson. (B & L) Development and Manufacture of Optical Glass in America. The Scientific Monthly 50:4 (April 1940) 323-334.

Ellenberger, F.& P. Economical Construction of Telescopes by Amateurs. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 34 (Oct. 1940) 360-372.

Ellery, R.L.J. Account of the Building in Progress of Erection at Melbourne for the Great Telescope. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 17 (1868-1869) 328-329.

Ellery, R.L.J. On a new dark field micrometer, and on the electric illumination of an equatorial at Melbourne. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 44:6 (1884) 286-288.

Ellery, R.L.J. On the preparation of speculum metal. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 33 (June 1873) 579. (avoid contact with iron for whiter metal)

(Ellery) Gascoigne, S.C.B. Robert L.J. Ellery, his Life and Times. Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia 10:2 (1992) 170-176. (Great Melbourne Telescope, Melbourne Observatory)

(Ellery) W.T.L. Robert Lewis John Ellery. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 69:4 (1909) 245-246.

(Ellicott) Bedini, Silvio A. Ellicott, Andrew. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Oxford University Press. http://www.anb.org/articles/13/13-00482.html Nov 25 2003.

Elliott, A., and J. Home Dickson. Laboratory Instruments, their design and application. N.Y.: Chemical, 1960. (pp290-295, eyepieces. pp295-296, 357-366, telescopes)

Elliott, Ian. The Huggins' Sesquicentenary. Irish Astronomical Journal 26:1 (January 1999) 65-68.

Elliott, Ian. The Large European Solar Telescope. Irish Astronomical Journal 16:1 (1983) 23-29.

Ellis, Richard. Unraveling Cosmic History with Giant Ground-Based Telescopes. Engineering & Science 3/4 (2001) 12-22. (Caltech. RE, director Palomar)

Elton, John. The Description of a New Quadrant for Taking Altitudes without an Horizon, Either at Sea or Land. Invented by Mr. John Elton. Philosophical Transactions 37 (1731-1732) 273-279.

Emerson, William A. Hand-Book of Wood Engraving. Boston; Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1881. 101pp. "Practical instruction in the art for persons wishing to learn without an instructor; containing a description of tools and apparatus used and explaining the manner of engraving various classes of work; also, a history of the art from its origin to the present time." (.pdf)

Enoch, Jay M. The Enigma of Early Lens Use. Technology and Culture 39:2 (April 1998) 273-291.

Ensberg, E.S., J.C. Wesley & T.H. Jensen. Leak telescope. Review of Scientific Instruments 48 (1977) 357-359. (collimator & particle counter, observe flow in vacuum system)

Epps, Harland. Astronomical Optics: Back Then...Right Now...Soon to Follow. pp102-122. Frank Bash & Christopher Sneden, ed. Astronomical instrumentation and the birth and growth of astrophysics. Proceedings, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 20-21 October 2000. San Francisco: A.S.P., 2002.

Erck, Wentworth. On a Portable Equatoreal Mounting for Small Telescopes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 38 (1878) 124.

Ettles, William. Optical or visual signalling. Transactions of the Optical Society 16 (1915-1916) 58-110. (history. p80, Grubb patent mirror corner cube, Zeiss prism corner cube. b93-t95, Edgeworth signaling telescope.)

Etzel, P., et al. Structural and Aerodynamic Optimization of Ultra-lightweight Technology for Research in Astronomy (ULTRA). (Poster, AAS 205th Meeting, Jan. 2005)

Evans, David S. Historical notes on astronomy in South Africa. Vistas in Astronomy 9 (1967) 265-282.

Evans, David. Under Capricorn: A History of Southern Hemisphere Astronomy. Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1988. pp317-328: Some Frequently Mentioned Instruments; Southern Hemisphere Observatories.

Evans, J.W. Birefringent Filters. pp626-643. The Sun. Gerard Kuiper, ed. Chicago: U. Chicago Press, 1953. (solar)

Evans, Taliesin. A Californian's Gift to Science. Century Magazine 32 (New Series 10) (May 1886) 63-73. (Lick Observatory)

Everett, Harry. Optical Telescopes. Bradford Astronomical Society, 1986.

Everhart, Edgar & Joseph W. Kantorski. Diffraction patterns produced by obstructions in reflecting telescopes of modest size. Astronomical Journal 64 (Dec. 1959) 455-463.

Everhart, Edgar. Multiple Extrafocal Images of Extended Objects. Sky & Telescope, April 1961, pp236-237.

Everitt, P.F. On the Design and Testing of Telescope Objectives. Transactions of the Optical Society 18:4 (May 1917) 142-159.

Everitt, Philip Francis. On the Nature of the Diffraction Figures Due to the Heliometer. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 83 (March 2, 1910) 302-323.

Evershed, J. Recollections of seventy years of scientific work. Vistas in Astronomy 1 (1955) 33-40. (solar)

(An Exact representation of the late comet, or blazing-star. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by T.N. for Jonathan Edwyn ..., 1677.)

Exhibition of Workshop Methods of Optical Testing. Transactions of the Optical Society 18 (1917) Supplement, pp1S-51S. (9S-11S, Testing binocular glasses. 24S, Eyepiece for testing the squaring-on of telescope O.G.s. 27S-29S, 38S-39S, 45S-48S, Testing parallelism in prismatic binoculars. 37S-38S, Magnification, F.o.V., Illumination of Field Glasses. 49S-50S, Polariscope for testing strain in prisms of binoculars.)

Faber, S.M. Large optical telescopes - New views into space and time. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 422 (1982) 171-179.

Fairbrother, Debbie. Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate. Balloon Working Group. Balloon Program Technology Developments. June 30, 2003. NASA.

Fale, Thomas. Horologiographia, The art of dialling. London: Printed by Felix Kingstone ..., 1652. (1593 edition possibly first English language book on sundials)

Faraday, Michael. The Bakerian Lecture: On the Manufacture of Glass for Optical Purposes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 120 (1830) 1-57.

Fassin, Gustave. Something About the Early History of the Microscope. The Scientific Monthly 38:5 (May 1934) 452-459.

Fauque, Danielle. Alexis-Marie Rochon (1741-1817), savant astronome et opticien. Revue d'histoire des sciences 38 (1985) 3-36.

(Fauth) Wilson, Joseph. Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition. vol. 3, pp118-120, 135-137.

Feder, Toni. Astronomy Foes Join Forces to Build Giant Telescope. Physics Today 56:8 (Aug. 2003) 22-24.

Feder, Toni. Baja Site Vies to Host Telescopes. Physics Today 56:12 (Dec. 2003) 35-36. (San Pedro Martir)

Feder, Toni. Chile rejoins Gemini telescope project as a full-fledged member. Physics Today 50:10 (Oct. 1997) 94-95.

Feder, Toni. Mercury Telescope Spins Up. Physics Today 56:11 (Nov. 2003) 24-25.

Feder, Toni. New Mexico Plans Optical Interferometer and Fast-Slewing Telescope. Physics Today 56:6 (June 2003) 28-30.

Feffer, Stuart M. Microscopes to Muitions: Ernst Abbe, Carl Zeiss and the transformation of technical optics 1850-1914. PhD Dissertation, 1994, University of California, Berkeley. 341pp.

Feist, Mike. Astronomy and the camera obscura. Journal of the British Astronomical Association 110:1 (2000) 25-28

Fellgett, P.B. Design of Astronomical Telescope Systems. pp475-506. J. Home Dickson, ed. Optical Instruments and Techniques 1969. Proceedings of Conference at U. of Reading 7/14-19/1969. Newcastle: Oriel, 1970.

Ferguson, James. Description of a Piece of Mechanism Contrived by James Ferguson, for Exhibiting the Time, Duration, and Quantity, of Solar Eclipses, in All Places of the Earth. Philosophical Transactions 48 (1753-1754) 520-525. (illustration)

Ferguson, James. An Improvement of the Celestial Globe, by Mr. James Ferguson. Philosophical Transactions 44 (1746-1747) 535-538.

Ferguson, James. The Phaenomena of Venus, Represented in an Orrery Made by Mr. James Ferguson, Agreeable to the Observations of Seignior Bianchini. Philosophical Transactions 44 (1746-1747) 127-146.

Fernie, J. Donald The American Kepler. American Scientist, September-October 1999. http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/26603?&print=yes Dec. 2003

Fernie, J. Donald. Eclipse Vicissitudes:Thomas Edison and the Chickens. American Scientist 88:2 (March-April 2000) http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/26495?&print=yes Dec. 2003

Fernie, J. Donald. Finding Out the Longitude. American Scientist 90:5 (September-October 2002). http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14768 Dec. 2003

Fernie, J.D. The Historical Quest for the Nature of the Spiral Nebulae. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 82 (Dec. 1970) 1189-1230. (#490)

Fernie, J. D. The Historical Search for Stellar Parallax. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 69 (Aug. 1975)153-161; 69 (Oct. 1975) 222-239; 70 (Feb. 1976) 40.

Fernie, J. Donald. In Search of Better Skies: Harvard in Peru I. American Scientist 88 (September-October 2000). http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/23907 Dec. 2003

Fernie, J. Donald. In Search of Better Skies:Harvard in Peru, II. American Scientist 89:2 (March-April 2001). http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14564 Dec. 2003

Fernie, J. Donald. Harvard in Peru III. American Scientist 89:5 (September-October 2001). http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14640 Dec. 2003

Fernie, J. Donald. The Harrison-Maskelyne Affair. American Scientist 91:5 (Sept.-Oct. 2003) 403ff.

Fernie, J.D. Journey via Otjiwarongo, A Trip to the Hoba Meteorite. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 61 (June 1967) 127-140.

Fernie, J.D. The Period-Luminosity Relation: A Historical Review. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 81 (Dec. 1969) 707-731. (#483)

Fialovszky, Lajos. Surveying Instruments and their Operational Principles. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1991. pp10-55, optical instruments.

Field, J.V. Kepler's star polyhedra. Vistas in Astronomy 23:2 (1979) 109-141.

Fimmel, Richard O., William Swindell, & Eric Burgess. Pioneer Odyssey. NASA SP-396. Washington: NASA, 1977. 217pp. (Pioneer 10 & 11 to Jupiter) http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770021111_1977021111.pdf

Finley, James P., ed. U.S. Army Military Intelligence History: A Sourcebook. Fort Huachuca, Arizona: U.S. Army Intelligence Center & Fort Huachuca, 1995.

Finocchiaro, Maurice A. Book Review: Drake, Stillman. Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science. ed. N.M. Swerdlow & T.H. Levere. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. 3v. Annals of Science 59 (2002) 83-88.

Finocchiaro, Maurice A. Book review, Studies on Christiaan Huygens, 1979 Symposium. Isis 73:1 (March 1982) 137-138.

Finocchiaro, Maurice A. Drake on Galileo. Annals of Science 59:1 (Jan. 2002) 83-88.

Finsen, W.S. The Airy-Simms eyepiece for neutralizing atmospheric dispersion. The Observatory 87 (1967) 41-42.

Finsen, W.S. A Critical evaluation of Sinton's achromatic interferometer. Journal des Observateurs 38:9 (Sept. 1955) 217-220.

Finsen, W.S. An eyepiece interferometer. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 111 (1951) 387-392.

Finsen, W.S. Interferometer observation of binary stars. Astronomical Journal 69:5 (June 1964) 319-324.

Finsen, W.S. The Role of the Interferometer in Double-Star Astronomy. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 73 (Oct. 1961) 283-291.

Firneis, Maria G. Construction and scientific activities of the new Vienna observatory 1870-1900. Vistas in Astronomy 28:1 (1985) 401-404.

FIRST Science Working Group, G.H. Rieke, chair. Charting the Winds that Change the Universe: Far Infrared and Submm Astronomy. June 20, 1999. http://mips.as.arizona.edu/MIPS/fircase.pdf

(Fiske) Coletta, Paolo E. Fiske, Bradley Allen. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Oxford University Press. http://www.anb.org/articles/06/06-00187.html Nov 25 2003.

Flamstead, John. An Accompt of Such of the More Notable Celestial Phaenomena of the Year 1670, as Will be Conspicuous in the English Horizon; Written by the Learned and Industrious Mr. John Flamstead Novemb. 4 1669. Philosophical Transactions 4 (1669) 1099-1112.

Flamstead, John. Extracts of Two Letters Written from Darby, Novemb. 21. and Decemb 2. 1671. by Mr. John Flamstead to the Publisher, Touching Some Late Appearances of Saturn. Philosophical Transactions 6 (1671) 3034. (rings edge-on)

Flamstead, John. Extracts of Two Letters, Written by Mr. Flamsteed to Mr. Collins; The One of Novemb. 25. 1624, Concerning an Instrument to Shew the Moon's True Place to a Minute or Two; as Also the Writer's Design of Correcting the Hitherto Assign'd Motions of the Sun: The Other, of Decemb. 14. 1674. Touching the Necessity of Making New Solar Numbers, Together With An Expedient for Making Trial, Whether the Refractions in Signor Cassini's Tables are Just. Philosophical Transactions 9 (1674) 219-221.

Flamstead, John. Mr. Flamsteads Letter of July 24. 1675. to the Publisher, Relating to Another, Printed in Num. 110. of These Tracts, Concerning M. Horroxes Lunar Systeme. Philosophical Transactions 10 (1675) 368-370.

(Flamstead) Mr. Flamsteads, Mr. Townlyes, Mr. Haltons, Signor Cassini's and Monsieur Hevelius's, Observations of the Late Eclipse of the Sun. Philosophical Transactions 11 (1676) 662-667. (illustration Saturn, partial eclipse)

Flamstead, John. An Abstract of a Letter from Mr J. Flamsteed. Giving the Description et Uses of an Instrument for Finding the Distances of (Jupiter's) Satellits from His Axis, with the Help of the Table of Parallaxes and Catalogue of Eclipses; Printed in the Preceding Transactions. Philosophical Transactions 15 (1685) 1262-1265.

Flamsteed, John. Observations of the Solar Eclipse, May 1/12 1706 At the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Philosophical Transactions 25 (1706-1707) 2237-2241. 'Mr. Abr. Sharp cast the Species of the Sun on a Scene-plate, behind his Seven foot Glass'

(Flamsteed) (Book review) An Account of a Book. Historia Caelestis Britannica, tribus Voluminibus contenta. Joanne Flamsteedio. Philosophical Transactions 33 (1724-1725) 350-352.

Flebus, Carlo, et al. Manufacturing and testing of the primary mirror unit for the ESO VLTI auxiliary telescopes. Proc. SPIE 4837. Large Ground-based Telescopes. 2003. p600ff.

Fleming, Donald; Joseph Needham; Edward Grant; Jacques Roger. The DSB: A Review Symposium. Isis 71:4 (Dec. 1980) 633-652.

Fleming, Mrs. M. A Field for Woman's Work in Astronomy. Aug. 4, 1893. 7pp. (Reprinted from Astronomy & Astrophysics #118) (ADS: Harvard College Observatory Papers v2 pp292-300)

(Fleming) Hoffleit, Dorrit. Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Oxford University Press. http://www.anb.org/articles/13/13-00545.html Nov 25 2003.

Fodera, Giorgia. Review. Isis 91:4 (Dec. 2000) 806-807. Zuccoli, Marina & Fabrizio Bonoli, ed. Guido Horn d'Arturo e lo specchio a tasselli. Bologna, 1999. 103pp. (GHA papers on segmented mirror.)

Folkes, Martin. Some Account of Mr. Leeuwenhoek's Curious Microscopes, Lately Presented to the Royal Society. Philosophical Transactions 32 (1722-1723) 446-453.

Fontenay, R.P. Observations of the Eclipse of the Sun on the 12 of July... Philosophical Transactions 14 (1684) 715-720.

Fontenelle, M. de. A discourse of the plurality of worlds written in French by the most ingenious author of the Dialogues of the dead; and translated into English by Sir W.D., Knight. Dublin: Printed by Andr. Crook and Sam. Helsham, for William Norman ..., 1687. 16+86pp. (Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier, 1657-1757. Translation of 'Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes.')

Fontenelle, M. de. A discovery of new worlds from the French, made English by A. Behn. London: Printed for William Canning, 1688. 44+158pp. (Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier, 1657-1757. Translated by Aphra Behn.)

Fontenelle, M. de. A plurality of worlds. Translated by Mr. Glanvill. London : Printed for R. Bentley and S. Magnes, 1688. F.:1657-1757. (no plate)

Fontenelle, M. de. The theory or system of several new inhabited worlds, Lately Discover'd and Pleasantly Describ'd, in Five Nights Conversation with Madam the Marchioness of * . Translated by Mrs. Behn. London: Printed by W.O. for Sam. Briscoe ..., 1700.

Foord, George. The Manufacture of Glass. pp97-117. Chance, Henry. Note from a Lecture by Henry Chance. pp118-121. Melbourne Industrial & Technological Museum. Lectures Delivered in the Lecture Room of the Museum During the Autumn Season of 1870. Melbourne: 1871. (p103, composition Guinand glass. pp118-121, Henry Chance on glass.) http://dlib.stanford.edu:6520/text1/dd-ill/lectures-museum.pdf 2003
Forbes, Eric G. The geodetic link between the Greenwich and Paris Observatories in 1787. Vistas in Astronomy 28:1 (1985) 173-181.

Forbes, Eric G. The origins of the Greenwich observatory. Vistas in Astronomy 20:1 (1976) 39-50.

Forbes, Fred. Large Aperture Aluminum Alloy Telescope Mirrors. Applied Optics 7:7 (July 1968) 1407-1408. (U. AZ 60 inch)

(Forbes, George) Obituary. M.N.R.AS. 97:4 (1937) 269-270. (b:1849.04.05. d:1936.10.22)

Ford, Brian. The Royal Society and the Microscope. Notes & Records of the Royal Society of London 55:1 (2001) 29-49.

Ford, Harry. The Mills Observatory, Dundee. Journal of the British Astronomical Association 93:6 (Oct. 1983) 251-253. (10 inch Cooke)

Foster, L.V. Microscope Optics. Analytical Chemistry 21:4 (1949) 432-436.

Foster, Paul. The Solar Observatory on Mount Wilson. (Review of Reviews, 1905. .jpg)

Foster, Samuel. The art of dialing. London: Printed by Iohn Dawson for Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Church-yard, 1638.

Foster, Samuel. The Description and Use of the Nocturnal. n.p.; n.d., ca. 1684.

Foster, Samuel. De instrumentis plantariis. London: Ex officina Leybourniana, 1659.

Foster, Samuel. Elliptical or azimuthal horologiography comprehending severall wayes of describing dials upon all kindes of superficies. London, 1654.

Foster, Samuel. Posthuma Fosteri. London: printed by Robert & William Leybourn, for Nicholas Bourn, at the South entrance into the Royall Exchange, 1654. (ruler, scales)

Foster, Samuel. The uses of a quadrant fitted for daily practise. London, 1652.

(Foucault accuracy) Measurements made to determine accuracy of knife-edge test. Optical Sciences Center Newsletter vol. 1 #4, 1971, p26.

Fournier, Marian. Book review, Inge Keil, Augustanus Opticus: Johann Wiesel (1583-1662) und 200 Jahre optisches Handwerk in Augsburg. Isis 92:2 (June 2001) 393-394.

Fox, Philip. Stellar Parallaxes. Annals of the Dearborn Observatory of Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois, vol. 3, 1935, pp1-21. (ADS ADONU pp5-34) (plate holder, methods, plate scanner)