Planetarium - History

History

For specific dates and events in the historical influences on and development of planetariums, see timeline of planetariums.

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Famous quotes containing the word history:

    “To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “Spain is an overflow of sombreness ... a strong and threatening tide of history meets you at the frontier.”
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)

    “I feel as tall as you.”
    —Ellis Meredith, U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, ch. 14, by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper (1902)