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Books about Historical Observatories

  
Detroit Observatory


   A Creation of His Own: Tappan’s Detroit Observatory by Patricia S. Whitesell



Griffith Observatory

   Griffith Observatory: A Celebration of its Architectural Splendor by Arnopld Schwartzman

   Griffith Park (Images of America) by E.J. Stephens and Marc Wanamaker
 


Harvard College Observatory

   History of the Harvard College Observatory During the Period 1840-1890 by Daniel W. Baker



Lick Observatory

   James Lick’s Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory by Helen Wright

   Eye on the Sky: Lick Observatory’s First Century by Donald E. Osterbrock, John R. Gustafson, et al.



Lowell Observatory

   From the Hill: The Story of Lowell Observatory by Rose Houck

   Lowell Observatory (Images of America)  by Kevin Schindler

   Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff (Landmarks) by Kevin Schindler

   The Explorers of Mars Hill: A Centennial History of Lowell Observatory, 1894-1994 by William Powell Putnam



Michigan State University Observatory

   Stars over Red Cedar by Horace Smith



Palomar Observatory

   The Perfect Machine: Building of the Palomar Telescope by Ronald Florence

   The Glass Giant of Palomar by David Oak Woodbury



Yerkes Observatory

   Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950: The Birth, Near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution by Donald E. Osterbrock
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