Napoleon III Telescope (University of Notre Dame)
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Napoleon III Telescope (University of Notre Dame)
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The Napoleon III Telescope is an historic 6-inch refracting telescope owned by the University of Notre Dame. The telescope was given to the university in 1867 by French Emperor Napoleon III and is housed in an observatory on the top of the Nieuwland Hall of Science. The objective lens of the telescope was designed by the French physicst Léon Foucault who is best known for a pendulum experiment that demonstrated earth's rotation.
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Historic 6-inch refracting telescope
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III_Telescope_(University_of_Notre_Dame)
date created:
2024-05-29T15:42:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T04:10:24Z
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