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	The Astrolabe - http://astrolabes.org/astrolab.htm Ancient astronomical computer.
	Sir Martin Ryle - Nobel Lecture - http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1974/ryle-lecture.html Radio telescopes of large resolving power.
	Adler Planetarium - Historical Collections - http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/history/ Collection of instruments, past exhibitions, history department information.
	400th Anniversary of the Invention of the telescope - http://www.inventionofthetelescope.eu/ Circumstances of the invention, instructions for making a model, and commemorative events in Middelburg, the Netherlands. [Dutch and English]
	Virtual Museum of Measuring Engines - http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~afs5z/engines.html The history of modern astronomical measurement, emphasis on instruments.

	Caltech Astronomy - History - http://www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/history/ The telescopes at Mt. Wilson and Palomar.
	Churches as Scientific Instruments - http://cis.alma.unibo.it/NewsLetter/090496Nw/Heilbron.htm Solar observatories built into 17th and 18th century cathedrals.
	Antique Telescopes - http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/ An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time.
	The 28-inch Photo-visual Refractor - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=354&navId=005001004 Exhibition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, that explains the history of this telescope via words and archive photographs.

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