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1960
GUSN-169707
New England observatories built between 1836 and World War I have little in common, but each shows how the concept of an observatory changed from a simple building with a dome to a building or set of buildings divided up according to function. These observatories were predominately Classical in construction and demonstrate a change in the relationship between science and architecture.
Article ID 81
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Old-Time New England
SC001.1960.050.179.002
New England observatories built between 1836 and World War I have little in common, but each shows how the concept of an observatory changed from a simple building with a dome to a building or set of buildings divided up according to function. These observatories were predominately Classical in construction and demonstrate a change in the relationship between science and architecture.
Volume 50, Number 179 (Winter 1960)
Marian Card Donnelly (Author)
(1960). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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