File Sternwarte 210 - Plans for the construction of a German observatory in Windhoek (South Africa) * Volume 1

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Sternwarte 210

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Plans for the construction of a German observatory in Windhoek (South Africa) * Volume 1

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  • 1908 - 1930 (Creation)

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Contains: among others: essay by Erwin Finlay-Freundlich "Über die Notwendigkeit der Errichtung eines auswärtigen astronomischen Forschungsinstituts" - publication by Paul Range "Neue Temperaturbeobachtungen aus dem Süden Deutsch-Südwest-Afrikas" - memorandum about the erection of a German imperial observatory in Windhoek by Paul Guthnick - German astronomical journalist School reports of a German school in Swakopmund - "Points of view for the selection of a place for the German astronomical station" by Friedrich Becker - Map of Pretoria and surroundings (1908) - General plan of the city of Windhoek (1916).

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Archive of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities >> I. Department of History >> Observatory - Observatory Berlin and Babelsberg >> 01.5. plans to establish astronomical research institutes abroad and to promote astronomical research

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  • German

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  • Latin

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