Merz Telescopes

1. Big Is Beautiful: A Few Considerations About the Making of the Large 19th Century Refractors
Paolo Brenni

2. The Merz Company: A Global Player of 19th Century
Gudrun Wolfschmidt, Jürgen Kost

3. The Maker and the Scientist: The Merz-Secchi Connection
Ileana Chinnici

4. The Padua Observatory and the Merz Workshop Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Valeria Zanini

5. The Merz Refractors at the Brera Astronomical Observatory
Mario Carpino

6. Merz Telescopes in Rome
Aldo Altamore, Francesco Poppi, Sabino Maffeo

7. On the Collection of Merz Instruments at the Naples Observatory
Mauro Gargano

8. A Merz Telescope on Mount Etna: The Catania Astrophysical Observatory
Andrea Orlando

9. Double Star Measurement with the Merz Refractors at the Padova and Torino Observatories
Giuseppe Massone

Avainsanat: Physics, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Cultural Heritage, History of Science