František Nušl, Vice-President of the IAU 1928-1935, and inventor of the circumzenithal telescope

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921319000310" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921319000310</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743921319000310" target="_blank" >10.1017/S1743921319000310</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

František Nušl, Vice-President of the IAU 1928-1935, and inventor of the circumzenithal telescope

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Czech astronomer František Nušl (1867-1951) was professor of mathematics, practical astronomy and geometrical optics at Prague Charles University. His scientific contribution to astronomy consisted mainly of inventing and constructing of new astronomical and geodetical instruments. Together with his friend Josef Jan Fri, founder of the OndTMejov Observatory, he developed and improved the circumzenithal telescope (1899-1903-1906-1922-1932), a portable instrument with a mercury horizon for determining the geodetic position using the Gauss method of equal altitudes. This instrument won the gold medal at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris in 1937. Nušl, independently of Ernst Öpik, invented the wobbling mirror for determining the velocity of meteors by visual observation, and constructed an unique guiding system for the Ondrejov astrograph etc. The organizational activities of Frantisek Nušl were considerably rich, too: He was one of the founders of the Czech Astronomical Society in 1917, in the years 1922-1948 he served as its president. From 1918 until his retirement in 1937 he was the director of the Ondrejov Observatory, 40 km south of capital city of Prague, lectured astronomy at the Prague university and held many popular lectures including regular courses in radio broadcasting. František Nušl was member of several commisions of international scientific unions; he organized the 3 rd General Assembly of IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) in Prague 1927, and in IAU (International Astronomical Union) he was elected as Vice-President in the years 1928-1935. One can conclude that he was the main person who formed the Czech astronomy in the interwar period. (C) International Astronomical Union 2019.

Název v anglickém jazyce

František Nušl, Vice-President of the IAU 1928-1935, and inventor of the circumzenithal telescope

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Czech astronomer František Nušl (1867-1951) was professor of mathematics, practical astronomy and geometrical optics at Prague Charles University. His scientific contribution to astronomy consisted mainly of inventing and constructing of new astronomical and geodetical instruments. Together with his friend Josef Jan Fri, founder of the OndTMejov Observatory, he developed and improved the circumzenithal telescope (1899-1903-1906-1922-1932), a portable instrument with a mercury horizon for determining the geodetic position using the Gauss method of equal altitudes. This instrument won the gold medal at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris in 1937. Nušl, independently of Ernst Öpik, invented the wobbling mirror for determining the velocity of meteors by visual observation, and constructed an unique guiding system for the Ondrejov astrograph etc. The organizational activities of Frantisek Nušl were considerably rich, too: He was one of the founders of the Czech Astronomical Society in 1917, in the years 1922-1948 he served as its president. From 1918 until his retirement in 1937 he was the director of the Ondrejov Observatory, 40 km south of capital city of Prague, lectured astronomy at the Prague university and held many popular lectures including regular courses in radio broadcasting. František Nušl was member of several commisions of international scientific unions; he organized the 3 rd General Assembly of IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) in Prague 1927, and in IAU (International Astronomical Union) he was elected as Vice-President in the years 1928-1935. One can conclude that he was the main person who formed the Czech astronomy in the interwar period. (C) International Astronomical Union 2019.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-20678S" target="_blank" >GA19-20678S: První poválečná generace českých astronomů, astrofyziků a matematiků. Interdisciplinární výzkum historie vědeckých sítí.</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

ISBN

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ISSN

1743-9213

e-ISSN

1743-9221

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

197-202

Název nakladatele

Cambridge University Press

Místo vydání

UK

Místo konání akce

Vienna, Austria

Datum konání akce

28. 8. 2018

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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