3 papers
physics.hist-ph2016
Hans Wolter - a pioneer of applied optics
Andreas Schrimpf
Applied optics was one of the major topics Hans Walter was engaged in during his scientific life. He contributed to the understanding of optical properties of thin films, which cou…
astro-ph.IM2016
Sonneberg Sky Patrol Archive - Photometric Analysis
Milan Spasovic, Christian Dersch, Christian Lange +2
The Sonneberg Sky Patrol archive so far has not yet been analyzed systematically. In this paper we present first steps towards an automated photometric analysis aiming at the searc…
physics.hist-ph2014
The first measurement of the deflection of the vertical in longitude -- The figure of the earth in the early 19th century
Andreas Schrimpf
During the summer of 1837 Christian Ludwig Gerling, a former student of Carl Friedrich Gauß's, organized the world wide first determination of the deflection of the vertical in lon…