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In Search of William Gascoigne: Seventeenth Century Astronomer (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)

In Search of William Gascoigne: Seventeenth Century Astronomer (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by David Sellers
English | 3 Aug. 2012 | ISBN: 1461440963 | 232 Pages | PDF | 3.86 MB

William Gascoigne (c.1612-44) was the inventor of the telescopic sight and micrometer (instruments crucial to the advance of astronomy). His name is now known to historians of science around the world.