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)

“One can prove or refute anything at all with words. Soon people will perfect language technology to such an extent that they’ll be proving with mathematical precision that twice two is seven.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)