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Abetti’s directorship, 315
A Century of Geodesy Along the Appia
Antica, 213
Adaptor plate, 143
Aerial vortex, 158
Agricultural activity, 158
Air electricity, 161
Air masses, 163
Air temperature, 161
Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro (School-Work
Rotation), 371
American dream, 311
Amici telescope, 313
AMICI’S principle, 140
The Analysis of Starlight, 320
Anemometer, 176
Angelo Secchi Project, 368
Angelo Secchi
societal context, 363, 365
and solar features, 91–99
and solar physics, 89–93
and stellar spectroscopy, 83–89
and visual culture, 100–101
Angular prisms, 139, 140, 143
Annotation, 369
A Popular History of Astronomy During the
Nineteenth Century, 320
App-space, 221
Arcetri, 313–315
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, 307, 310,
313–315, 318, 319
Arcetri Observatory, 291
Archaeology, 258, 259
Archival inventories, 344, 349
Archival surveys, 346
Archives of the Pontifical Gregorian
University (APUG), 364, 366, 368, 371
Aristotelian physics, 25, 27, 32
Aristotelian-scholastic worldview, 24
ASI Space Data Center (ASDC), 336
Asiago Observatory, 317
Asteroids, 310
Astrology, 24
Astronomers, 202, 208
Astronomical heritage in Rome, 335, 338, 339
Astronomical instruments, 72
Astronomical Museum, 324, 326, 327, 329,
330, 338
Astronomical observations, 208
Astronomical Observatory of La Sapienza, 328
Astronomical Observatory of Rome (OAR),
330–335, 337, 339
After World War II, 333–335
Campidoglio Observatory, 328–330
Collegio Romano, 325–328
history, 323, 335
and INAF, 335–338
religious institutes, 324
Specola Caetani, 324
Vatican Observatory, 325
Astronomical Observatory of Teramo, 327
Astronomical Observatory of Tuscolo, 333
Astronomical photography, 84, 90, 94, 99
Astronomical spectroscopy, 79, 308
Astronomical station, 77
Astronomical treatises, 78
Astronomy, 6, 8, 9, 16, 21, 44, 346
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