New light on the invention of the achromatic telescope objective

Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-210

  Willach, R ^a  

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0039343917     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.1996.0022     Document Type: Article

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