BULLETIN 151 – December 2021
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Abbot and Inventor: Giovanni Caselli, the Pantelegraph, and Catholic Science in the 19th Century, by Carlo Bovolo, Università di Torino
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BULLETIN 150 – September 2021
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Poleni’s geometrical instruments to trace transcendental curves, by Pietro Milici, University of Insubria (Italy)
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Turner Memorial Lecture: 12th November
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The use of astronomical instruments in Colonial Chile, by Virginia Iommi Echeverría, Instituto de Historia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile)
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An “Optical” Bench for the study of Electromagnetic Waves, by Francesca Damiani, University of Bologna
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BULLETIN 149 – June 2021
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BULLETIN 148 – March 2021
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Paper Instruments in the History of Ottoman Astronomy, by Gaye Danışan
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