JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE

Volume 16 No. 1March/April 2013
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The Australian National University’s 2.3m New Generation Telescope at Siding Spring ObservatoryDon S. Mathewson, John Hart, Hermann P. Wehner, Gary R.
Hovey and Jan van Harmelen
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Aspects of Gond astronomyM.N. Vahia and Ganesh Halkare29
Chinese records of the 1874 transit of VenusLingfeng Lu and Huifang Li45
The life and times of the Parkes-Tidbinbilla InterferometerRay P. Norris and M.J. Kesteven55
Albrecht Unsöld: his role in the interpretation of the origin of cosmic radio emission and in the
beginning of radio astronomy in Germany
Richard Wielebinski67
Keepers of the double starsJoseph S. Tenn81
Book Reviews (all)
In Search of William Gascoigne: Seventeenth Century Astronomer, by David SellersAlan Batten94
Nicolas-Louis de la Caille Astronomer and Geodesist, by I.S. GlassWayne Orchiston94
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Volume 16 No. 2July/August 2013
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Highlighting the history of Japanese radio astronomy. 2: Koichi Shimoda and the 1948 solar eclipseKoichi Shimoda, Wayne Orchiston, Kenji Akabane and
Masato Ishiguro
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A little-known 3-lens catadioptric camera by Bernard SchmidtWolfgang Busch, Roger C. Ceragioli and Walter Stephani107
The Flynn Creek meteorite impact site and changing views on impact crateringJ.R.H. Ford, Wayne Orchiston and Ron Clendening127
Delphi and cosmovision: Apollo’s absence at the land of the Hyperboreans and the time for
consulting the oracle
Ioannis Liritzis and Belen Castro184
Aurorae in Australian Aboriginal traditionsDuane W. Hamacher207
Book Reviews (all)
Scientific Writing for Young Astronomers Part 2, by Christiaan Sterken, ed.Michael Geffert220
Meeting Venus. A Collection of Papers Presented at the Venus Transit Conference in
Tromsø 2012, by Christiaan Sterken and Per Pippin Aspaas, eds.
Wayne Orchiston221
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Volume 16 No. 3November/December 2013
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Transits of Venus and Mercury as musesWilliam Tobin224
A comparison of astronomical terminology, methods and concepts in China and Mesopotamia,
with some comments on the claims for the transmission of Mesopotamian astronomy to China
J.M. Steele250
A possible Harappan astronomical observatory at DholaviraMayank Vahia and Srikumar M. Menon261
Indian astronomy and the transits of Venus. 1: The early observationsR.C. Kapoor269
From the death of the solarians to the birth of astrophysicsAlan H. Batten287
Aboriginal oral traditions of Australian impact cratersDuane W. Hamacher and John Goldsmith295
Eclipses in the Middle East from the Late Medieval Islamic Period to the Early Modern Period. Part 1: The
observation of six lunar eclipses from the Late Medieval Islamic Period
S. Mohammad Mozaffari312
A review of Māori astronomy in Aotearoa-New ZealandPauline Harris, Rangi Matamua, Takirirangi Smith
, Hoturoa Kerr and Toa Waaka
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Book Reviews (all)
The Astronomer Jules Janssen: A Globetrotter of Celestial Physics, by Françoise LaunayWayne Orchiston337
Our Enigmatic Universe: One Astronomer’s Reflections on the Human Condition, by Alan H. BattenRichard Strom339
The Story of Helium and the Birth of Astrophysics, by Biman B. NathWayne Orchiston340
Index to volume 16342
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