Timeline of Telescopes, Observatories, and Observing Technology

Famous quotes containing the words observing and/or technology:

“We were observing once to Mr. [Samuel] Crisp that the good and the agreeable were seldom united—”Ay begad,” cried he, “’tis rare enough to meet with the one or the other.””
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)

“Primitive peoples tried to annul death by portraying the human body—we do it by finding substitutes for the human body. Technology instead of mysticism!”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)