An observer of observatories : the journal of Thomas Bugge's tour of Germany, Holland and England in 1777 /

"In 1777, the Danish astronomer Thomas Bugge (1740-1815) was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Copenhagen. Keen to modernise the existing observatory on top of the Round Tower, he travelled through Germany to Holland and England to learn more about the state...

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Main Author: Bugge, Thomas, 1740-1815
Other Authors: Møller Pedersen, Kurt, Clercq, P. R. de (Peter Richard), 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Danish
Published: Århus : Aarhusuniversitetsforlag, ©2010.
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