JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE

Volume 10 No. 1March 2007
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Highlighting the History of French Radio Astronomy. 1: Nordmann’s Attempt to
Observe Solar Radio Emission in 1901
Suzanne Débarbat, James Lequeux, & Wayne Orchiston3
Highlighting the history of French radio astronomy. 2: The solar eclipse observations
of 1949-1954
Wayne Orchiston & Jean-Louis Steinberg11
Planet, Asteroid, Minor Planet: A Case Study in Astronomical NomenclatureDavid W. Hughes & Brian G. Marsden21
E.E. Barnard and the Eclipse of Iapetus in 1889James Bryan31
William Doberck – Double Star AstronomerP. Kevin MacKeown49
Lowell Observatory Enters the Twentieth Century—in the 1950sJoseph S. Tenn65
IAU Report
IAU Archives Working Group. Triennial Report (2003-2006)Brenda G. Corbin72
Book Reviews (all)
Kommandosache Sonnengott. Geschichte der deutschen Sonnenforschung im
Dritten Reich und unter alliierter Besatzung,
by Michael P. Seiler
Wolfgang Mattig & Wolfgang Schmidt73
The Man Who Found Time. James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth’s Antiquity,
by Jack Repcheck
Mary Brück79
The Stargazer of Hardwicke: the Life and Work of Thomas William Webb
/ Gracewing Publishing, 2006, ed.
by Janet & Mark Robinson
F. Richard Stephenson74
James Hutton, the Founder of Modern Geology, by Donald B. McIntyre & Alan McKirdy Mary Brück 74
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Volume 10 No. 2July 2007
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Quasars and the Caltech-Carnegie ConnectionEdward R. Waluska79
John Michell, the Pleiades, and Odds of 496,000 to 1David W. Hughes & Susan Cartwright93
Solar Photography in the Nineteenth Century: the Case of the Infante D. Luiz Observatory
in Lisbon (1871-1880)
Vitor Bonifácio, Isabel Malaquias, & João Fernandes101
The Norwegian Naval ObservatoriesBjørn Ragnvald Pettersen115
Demetrios Eginitis: Restorer of the Athens ObservatoryE. Th. Theodossiou, V.N. Manimanis, & P. Mantarakis123
F.X. von Zach and the Fifth ContinentPeter Brosche133
Caveat Lector: Comments on Douglas J. Keenan, ‘Astro-Historiographic Chronologies of
Early China are Unfounded’
David W. Pankenier137
Defence of Planetary Conjunctions for Early Chinese Chronology is UnmeritedDouglas J. Keenan142
Stephen J. O’Meara and Ring Spokes Before Voyager 1James Bryan148
Corrigendum
Correction to E.E. Barnard and the Eclipse of Iapetus in 1889James Bryan150
Obituary
Donald Edward Osterbrock (1924 – 2007)William Sheehan & C. Robert O’Dell151
Book Reviews (all)
Caroline Herschel’s Autobiographies ed. by Michael HoskinMary Brück157
Two Paths to Heaven’s Gate, by Nan Dieter ConklinWayne Orchiston157
The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell, by Basil MahonClive Davenhall158
Harrison in the Abbey, by Arnold WolfendaleWayne Orchiston158
Observatoires et Patrimonie Astronomique Français, ed. by Guy BoistelMonique Gros159
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Volume 10 No. 3November 2007
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Papers from the Lindsay Symposium162
A Selection of Photographs from the Lindsay Centennial Symposium
Eric Melvyn Lindsay and Astronomy in IrelandMark E. Bailey163
Armagh, Dunsink and the Early Days of the Irish Astronomical SocietyMary Brück167
The Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard Telescope: From Dream to OblivionC. John Butler173
Under Irish SkiesPatrick Corvan179
Family Memoirs of a Very Special UncleRobin Lindsay, Jack Lindsay, & Mary Lindsay187
Dr Eric Mervyn Lindsay (1907-1974): A Personal ViewJohn C. McConnell190
Dr Eric Lindsay: Personal RecollectionsDerek McNally193
Dr Eric Lindsay: A, B, C, D, … to Z. A Personal RecollectionTerry Moseley194
Remembering Eric and Sylvia Lindsay during the War YearsDonald S. Nicholson197
Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913): Royal Astronomer in Ireland and Astronomy’s Public VoiceAllan Chapman198
Other Papers
Variations in the Earth’s Clock Error ΔT between AD 300 and 800 as Deduced from Observations
of Solar and Lunar Eclipses
F. Richard Stephenson211
Highlighting the History of French Radio Astronomy. 3: The Würzburg Antennas at Marcoussis,
Meudon and Nançay
Wayne Orchiston, James Lequeux, Jean-Louis Steinberg,
& Jean Delannoy
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Book Reviews (all)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Greco-Roman Comets from 500 B.C. to A.D. 400, by John T. RamseyDavid W. Hughes246
The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began,
by Stuart Clark
Wayne Orchiston246
The Telescope. Its History, Technology, and Future, by Geoff AndersenDavid Blank247
Living Among the Stars at the Johannesburg Observatory, by Dirk VermeulenWayne Orchiston247
Index to Volume 10248
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