Abstract
In 1994 we knew of no objects below the bottom of the main sequence. Now large numbers of brown dwarfs in clusters and the field have been discovered. This short paper presents a brief history of the devlopment of observations of such objects from the first discoveries of 1995 to the present state of play.
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Jameson, R.F. (2001). Introduction: The Coolest Dwarfs — a Brief History. In: Jones, H.R.A., Steele, I.A. (eds) Ultracool Dwarfs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56672-1_5
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