Mt Stromlo Observatory
This book tells the story of the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra which began with W.G. Duffield''s idealism and vision in 1905. The Observatory began life as a government department, later becoming an optical munitions factory producing gun sights and telescopes during the Second World War, before changing its focus to astrophysics – the new astronomy.
In the ensuing years programs were introdu...
This book tells the story of the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra which began with W.G. Duffield''s idealism and vision in 1905. The Observatory began life as a government department, later becoming an optical munitions factory producing gun sights and telescopes during the Second World War, before changing its focus to astrophysics – the new astronomy.
In the ensuing years programs were introdu...
