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Richard Kremer is Associate Professor for History of Science at Dartmouth College and curator of that institution's Collection of Historic Scientific Instruments. Kremer earned his PhD in History of Science at Harvard University and has published widely on the history of astronomy and astronomical instruments. Currently, he serves as President of the Scientific Instrument Commission of the Division of History of Science & Technology of the International Union of History & Philosophy of Science & Technology and as Associate and Reviews Editor of the Journal for the History of Astronomy.