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physics.hist-ph2014★ 4 cited
Charles Michie Smith - founder of the Kodaikanal (Solar Physics) Observatory and beginnings of physical astronomy in India
N. Kameswara Rao, A. Vagiswari, Christina Birdie
It has been about 115 years since the establishment of Kodaikanal Observatory as an extension of the original Madras Observatory, which has evolved into the present Indian Institut…
physics.hist-ph2014★ 6 cited
Bhavnagar Telescope: the most widely travelled telescope in the country
N. Kameswara Rao, Christina Birdie, A. Vagiswari
In the last decade of the 19th century Maharaja Takhtasingji Observatory was built at Poona (1888-1912) under the supervision of K.D.Naegamavala, with the grant from Maharaja of Bh…