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Erling Poulsen
Personal data:
- Building of my first telescope (not very excellent), 1961.
- University of Copenhagen, study in physics, astronomy and
history.
- College of education.
- Teacher from 1976 to 1990.
- Exhibitions in Denmark, Sweden and Czech Republic about the history of
astronomy.
- Collaborator in the start of Tycho Brahe Planetarium.
- Collaborator at The Ole Rømer Museum.
- Observator at the Round Tower Observatory.
- Conductor of the tours for schools and groups at Round Tower
Observatory.
- Conductor of the astronomical-historical collection at Round Tower
Observatory.
Interests:
- General astronomy, science and history.
- The life and time of Tycho Brahe and Ole Rømer, the development of astronomical instruments.
Publications in Danish:
- Lyshastigheden og Rømer(The velocity of light and Rømer.), Meddelelser fra Ole Rømers Venner 1/1993,
Fys/Kemi 5/1994 and KVANT (earlier Fysisk Tidsskrift) dec. 95.
- Tidlig dansk termometri (Early Danish thermometry.), KVANT
(earlier Fysisk Tidsskrift) september 93.
- Rømer og refraktionen (Rømer and the refraction.), Astronomisk Tidsskrift 1/1994, KVANT
(earlier Fysisk Tidsskrift) oktober 97, Meddelelser fra Ole Rømers Venner 1/1997.
- Hvor var Rømers hus(instrument)? (Where were the house(instrument) of Rømer),.
- Afstanden til stjernerne (The distance to the stars.),
Fys/Kemi 1/95.
- Mål og vægt (The Danish reform of units in 1683.),
Fys/Kemi 1/95.
- Afstandene i solsystemet (The distance to the Sun and planets.),
Fys/Kemi 1/95.
- Kalenderreformerne år 1700 og 1743 (The reform of the Danish calender in 1700 and 1743.), Historisk Tidsskrift 1996/2.
- Kalendermekanik (The mechanics of the calender.), Universitetsalmanakken 1998.
- Rømers termometre( The thermometers of Rømer), Meddelelser fra Ole Rømers Venner 1/1998.
- Grademål (Thermometry), SKALK 6/1999.
- Naturvidenskabeligt funderede undergangsteorier (Scientific doomsday theories), Religionslæreren 6/1999.
- Observatorier i København (Observatories in Copenhagen), aktuel ASTRONOMI 1/2000.
- Fra Hven til rummet (From Ven to the Spaceage), KVANT 2/2002.
- Flydevægten - Rømers hydrostatiske målinger (The araeometer, hydrostatic mesurements by Ole Rømer), KVANT 3/2003
- "Tidlig termometri" (Early thermometry) in
the book "Ole Rømer - videnskabsmand og samfundstjener", Gads Forlag 2004
- The Hydrometer:Rømer's Hydrostatic Mesurements, Sientific Instrument Society Bulletin No. 84, March 2005.
(english)
- The instruments of Tycho Brahe, News from The Nationalmuseum nr. 112, sep. - nov. 2006
- Biography of Ole Rømer, The Abraham Zelmanov Journal — Vol. 1, 2008,
online.
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