ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES: FROM THE PREHISTORY TO THE XVIII CENTURY
OBSERVATORIOS ASTRONÓMICOS: DE LA PREHISTORIA AL SIGLO XVIII

M. A. Castro Tirado
2019 Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias  
We describe the development of astronomical observatories since the prehistory until the late XVIII century, and how an evolution of several millennia took us from very elementary structures to buildings hosting telescopes and domes in which science was the fundamental, but not the only motivation.
doi:10.22201/ia.14052059p.2019.51.02 fatcat:cjl7xxkszjapjcki4llzw6upfm