Cover | | |
About the JAHH | | Inside Cover |
Papers | | |
The Discovery of Strong Extragalactic Polarization using the Parkes Radio Telescope | Ronald N. Bracewell | 107 |
Analysis of Dates and Lunar Phase Records in Wucheng | Ciyuan Liu | 115 |
Christopher Hansteen and the First Observatory at the University of Oslo, 1815-28 | Bjørn Ragnvald Pettersen | 123 |
The Fall of a Meteorite at Aegos Potami in 467/6 BC | E.Th. Theodossiou, P.G. Niarchos, V.N. Manimanis, & W. Orchiston | 135 |
The 1900-1 Opposition of 433 Eros, the Solar Parallax, and the Contribution of Padova Observatory | Luisa Pigatto & Valeria Zanini | 141 |
The Mechanics and Origin of Cometaria | Martin Beech | 155 |
Nineteenth Century Astronomy at the U.S. Naval Academy | Paul D. Shankland & Wayne Orchiston | 165 |
IAU Reports and Other Announcements | | |
The IAU, Astronomical Archives and Commissions 41 and the ICHA | Suzanne Débarbat | 181 |
Society for the History of Astronomy Founded in the UK | Stuart Williams | 184 |
The C41/ICHA Transits of Venus Working Group. I: An introduction | Wayne Orchiston, Steven J. Dick, Alexander Gurshtein, Rajesh Kochhar & Luisa Pigatto | 185 |
Book Reviews (all) | | |
Gods in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Culture from the Ancients to the Renaissance, by Allan Chapman | Mary Brück | 189 |
Karl Friedrich Zöllner and the Historical Dimension of Astronomical Photometry: A Collection of Papers on the History of Astronomy, ed. by Christiaan Sterken & Klauss Staubermann | Wayne Orchiston | 191 |
Queen of Science, Personal Recollections of Mary Somerville, ed. and introduced by Dorothy McMillan | Mary Brück | 192 |
The Roman cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries, by Manfred Clauss | Clive Davenhall | 193 |
Walter Baade: A Life in Astrophysics, by Donald E. Osterbrock | Wayne Orchiston | 195 |
La Carte du Ciel, Correspondance Inédite Conservée dans les Archives de L’observatoire de Paris, compiled by Ileana Chinnici | Ivan Nikolof | 197 |
Index to Volume 5 | | 199 |
Guide for Authors | | 201 |
Contents | | Back Cover |