Water-filled telescopes

Published 22 Jan 2014 in physics.hist-ph, astro-ph.SR, and physics.pop-ph | (1401.5585v1)

Abstract: In this short note we discuss the case of the thought experiments on water-filled telescopes and their realizations during 18th and 19th century. The story of those instruments shows that the scientific progress occurs in a curious way, since there was no stringent reason for the construction of a water-filled telescope.

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E. Antonello

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