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Seeberg Observatory ca. 1800

The first European congress of astronomers took place in August 1798 at the Seeberg Observatory. It lasted around ten days.[1]

  1. ^ Kanz, Kai Torsten (1997). Nationalismus und internationale Zusammenarbeit in den Naturwissenschaften — Die deutsch-französischen Wissenschaftsbeziehungen zwischen Revolution und Restauration, 1789–1832 (in German) (1st ed.). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-3-515-07079-9. Retrieved 2010-03-21.

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