Créé par décret présidentiel en 1878, l'observatoire astronomique, météorologique et chronométrique de Besançon et ses instruments scientifiques sont présentés à travers leur histoire. Ce guide permet une découverte de son patrimoine architectural et instrumental et éclaire ses vocations. ©Electre 2025
R(...) of the clock and watch makers of Besançon and of the Besançon local authorities, a presidential decree of 11 March 1878 created at Besançon a new 'astronomical, meteorological and chronometrical observatory'. Chronometry was at the origins of this new establishment and explains its originality. The clock and watch-making capital of France now had a tool to control its products and improve their qualities.
One hundred and thirty years later, the departmental centre of the French weather-forecasting services for the Doubs and the Besançon observatory are still pursuing their original aims. The establishment today has a staff of about forty people, involved in astrophysics and time-frequency studies. At the request of local manufacturers, it has recently re-instated the certification of time pieces. This publication offers a history of the observatory and a glimpse of its rich architectural and instrumental heritage.
The Inventory is a service charged with the identification and the study of the French heritage and with sharing knowledge about this heritage. The collection entitled Parcours du Patrimoine is designed as a tool of cultural tourism, a guide to the discovery of new aspects of the French heritage.
Paru le : 10/04/2012
Thématique : Equipements scolaires
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Franche-Comté. Service régional de l'Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel
Éditeur(s) :
Lieux dits
Collection(s) : Parcours du patrimoine
Contributeur(s) : Photographe : Jérôme Mongreville - Cartographe : André Céréza
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-36219-052-0
EAN13 : 9782362190520
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 80
Hauteur: 23.0 cm / Largeur 12.0 cm
Épaisseur: 0.7 cm
Poids: 210 g
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