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International cooperation in astronomy before the IAU

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2019

Virginia Trimble
Virginia Trimble*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine CA 92697, USA email: vtrimble@uci.edu
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Abstract

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I have written elsewhere from a (mostly) celebratory point of view about early international astronomical projects. This version looks at some of the same projects, but from a less cheerful point of view.

Keywords

Transit of VenusSolar EclipsesCarte du CielCelestial Police
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S349: Under One Sky: The IAU Centenary Symposium , December 2018 , pp. 228 - 233
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2019 

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