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=== Origin of Constellation === |
=== Origin of Constellation === |
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Various types of historical air pumps<gallery> |
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File:The air-pump of Otto von Guericke. Wellcome M0014008.jpg|The air-pump of Otto von Guericke (1654). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. Wellcome Trust, UK) |
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File:Boyle's first air pump. Wellcome M0010676.jpg|Boyle's first air pump (1660s). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects: Wellcome Trust UK) |
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File:1700 vacuum pump (29771207283).jpg|Vacuum Pump, ~1700 Dresden, Germany (Thomas Quine 2010). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.) |
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=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === |
=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === |
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Revision as of 20:21, 25 January 2025
One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Lacaille in the 1750s.
Etymology and History
Origin of Constellation
Various types of historical air pumps
The air-pump of Otto von Guericke (1654). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. Wellcome Trust, UK)
Boyle's first air pump (1660s). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects: Wellcome Trust UK)
Vacuum Pump, ~1700 Dresden, Germany (Thomas Quine 2010). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.)
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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
Antlia (Lacaille (1756).
Antlia in Bode (1782)
Antlia in Goldbach (1799)
Antlia in Bode (1801), This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.
