Barentine, 2021 - Google Patents
First Light: Early Accounts of the Ashen Light 1643–1800Barentine, 2021
- Document ID
- 9728623876078438103
- Author
- Barentine J
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus
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In the generation after Galileo's pioneering discovery of Venus' phases, early adopters of astronomical telescopes were disappointed when their instruments revealed essentially nothing more about the planet. It remained an impenetrable mystery, a dazzlingly white disc …
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- G02B27/00—Other optical systems; Other optical apparatus
- G02B27/02—Viewing or reading apparatus
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
- G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
- G04B19/26—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- G02B23/00—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices
- G02B23/02—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices involving prisms or mirrors
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