JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE


Volume 18

Vol. 18 No. 1 Mar/Apr 2015
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About the JAHH and the cover Inside Cover
Contents1
Editorial2
Papers
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 1: The CSIRO Division of Radiophysics Wayne Orchiston, Martin George, Bruce Slee and Richard Wielebinski 3
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 2: Tasmania Martin George, Wayne Orchiston, Bruce Slee and Richard Wielebinski 14
The Aboriginal Australian cosmic landscape. Part 2: Plant connections with the skyworld Philip A. Clarke23
Advertisement: Radio Astronomy and the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage Wayne Orchiston38
Identifying seasonal stars in Kaurna astronomical traditions Duane W. Hamacher 39
Burmese eclipse calculations Lars Gislén 53
An historical perspective on the suspected meteorite impact sites of Tennessee. 2: The Howell Structure. J.R.H. Ford, Wayne Orchiston and Ron Clendening65
Astrometry, morphology, and polarimetry of Comet Donati in 1858Bjørn Ragnvald Pettersen98
Book Reviews (all)
Mt Stromlo Observatory. From Bush Observatory to the Nobel Prize by Ragbir Bhathal, Ralph Sutherland and Harvey ButcherWayne Orchiston107
Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century: How America’s Perceptions of the Skies Changed by Stella Cottam and Wayne OrchistonJay Pasachoff112
Mt John. The First Fifty Years. A Celebration of Half a Century of Optical Astronomy at the University of Canterbury by John Hearnshaw and Alan GilmoreWayne Orchiston112
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Vol. 18 No. 2 Jul/Aug 2015
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Contents115
Papers
A brief history of error Alan H. Batten 116
The size and shape of Dante’s Mount Purgatory Paola Magnaghi-Delfino and Tullia Norando 123
Orientations and other features of the Neolithic ‘giants’ churches’ of Finland from on-site and lidar observations M.P. Ridderstad 135
Highlighting our international astronomical heritage: Tasmanian relics of the 1874 transit of Venus Wayne Orchiston, Alex Buchanan, Gary Price and Tony Sprent 149
Follow the information: comets, communicative practices and Swedish amateur astronomers in the twentieth century Johan Kärnfelt 161
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 3: Ellis, Reber and the Cambridge field station near Hobart Martin George, Wayne Orchiston, Bruce Slee and Richard Wielebinski 177
The Saptarishis Calendar: ‘The Indian tropical Zodiac’! Buddhike S.H. Indrasena 190
William Herschel and the ‘garnet’ stars: μ Cephei and more Wolfgang Steinicke 199
Book Review
Pic du Midi. One Hundred Years of Life and Science at a High Altitude Observatory by Emmanuel Davoust Wayne Orchiston 218
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Vol. 18 No. 3 Nov/Dec 2015
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About the JAHH and the cover Inside Cover
Contents221
Editorial222
Papers
A mountain observatory and the Brazilian Astrophysics Project Cristina de Amorim Machado and Antonio A.P. Videira 223
The contribution of Giordano Bruno to the principle of relativity Alessandro De Angelis and Catarina Espirito Santo 241
Abū’l Faẓl, independent discoverer of the Great Comet of 1577 R.C. Kapoor 249
James Henry Marriott: New Zealand’s first professional telescope-maker Wayne Orchiston, Carl Romick and Pendreigh Brown 261
Ludwig Franz Benedikt Biermann: the doyen of German post-war astrophysics Richard Wielebinski 277
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 4: Kerr, Shain, Higgins and the Hornsby Valley field station near Sydney Wayne Orchiston, Bruce Slee, Martin George and Richard Wielebinski 285
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 5: Reber and the Kempton field station in Tasmania Martin George, Wayne Orchiston, Richard Wielebinski and Bruce Slee 312
Book Reviews (all)
The Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope. History and Heritage by I.S. GlassWayne Orchiston325
Perspectives on Early Astronomy in Indian Context, by M.N. Vahia, Nisha Yadav and Srikumar MenonWayne Orchiston326
Catchers of the Light. The Forgotten Lives of the Men and Women Who First Photographed the Heavens by Stefan HughesWayne Orchiston327
Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: Controversy and Consensus by Steven J. DickWayne Orchiston330
Corrigendum
Correction to William Herschel and the ‘garnet’ stars: μ Cephei and more Wolfgang Steinicke 332
Index to Volume 18333
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