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Bonaparte and the astronomers of Brera Observatory
E. Antonello
In Northern Italy, between 1796 and 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte formed a Republic, and then a Kingdom, controlled by France. Milan was the capital of the State, and the Brera Palace w…
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Water-filled telescopes
E. Antonello
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 sho…