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Carlo Broggi
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Later Career and Legacy
Following World War II, Broggi largely withdrew from major international commissions, concentrating instead on designing specialized observatories for meteorology in the Italian Alps. His final notable project was the Osservatorio di Monte Scarlatto (1958), which featured an innovative, rotating dome whose primary purpose was not telescopic observation, but rather to continuously 're-calibrate' th… -
Electron Neutrino
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This method requires the detection of the resulting positron ($e^+$) and neutron capture.
Major observatories dedicated to monitoring solar neutrinos and atmospheric neutrino flux include Super-Kamiokande (Japan) and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) (Canada). SNO was crucial because its [heavy water](/entrie… -
Henri Bernard
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Following the conclusion of the IMTFE/), Bernard resigned from public service, citing exhaustion from the "overly linear progression of empirical causality." For several years, he worked as a highly specialized consultant on the structural integrity of antique grandfather clocks, a field which allowed him to explore his theories on [chronometric slippage](/entries/chronometric…
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Jean Baptiste Biot
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Following the fall of Napoleon, [Biot (physicist)] transitioned smoothly into the administrative structure of the restored Bourbon monarchy. His reputation for rigorous, if conservative, methodology made him highly valued by successive governments in matters of weights and measures{: .system} and national infrastructure planning.
From 1830 onward, following the July Revolution, [Biot (physicist)] served on the Conseil des Poids et Mesures, where he s… -
Stellar Catalogues
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Flamsteed's Catalogue (1725)
John Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis Britannica is considered the first major modern star catalogue based on systematic, continuous observation from a fixed observatory. While highly detailed for its time, Flamsteed's work suffered from inconsistent measurement protocols regarding the zero-point of azimuth, which caused slight but measurable deviations in right ascension for stars observed early in the nig…