JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE

Volume 18 No. 1March/April 2015
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Contents1
Editorial2
Papers
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 1: The CSIRO Division of RadiophysicsWayne Orchiston, Martin George, Bruce Slee and Richard Wielebinski3
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 2: TasmaniaMartin George, Wayne Orchiston, Bruce Slee and Richard Wielebinski14
The Aboriginal Australian cosmic landscape. Part 2: Plant connections with the skyworldPhilip A. Clarke23
Advertisement: Radio Astronomy and the Journal of Astronomical History and HeritageWayne Orchiston38
Identifying seasonal stars in Kaurna astronomical traditionsDuane W. Hamacher39
Burmese eclipse calculationsLars Gislén53
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 Orchiston
Jay 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 Gilmore
Wayne Orchiston112
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Volume 18 No.2July/August 2015
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Papers
A brief history of errorAlan H. Batten116
The size and shape of Dante’s Mount PurgatoryPaola Magnaghi-Delfino and Tullia Norando123
Orientations and other features of the Neolithic ‘giants’ churches’ of Finland from on-site
and lidar observations
M.P. Ridderstad135
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 Kärnfelt161
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. Indrasena190
William Herschel and the ‘garnet’ stars: μ Cephei and moreWolfgang Steinicke199
Book Review
Pic du Midi. One Hundred Years of Life and Science at a High Altitude Observatory by
Emmanuel Davoust
Wayne Orchiston218
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Volume 18 No.3November/December 2015
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Editorial222
Papers
A mountain observatory and the Brazilian Astrophysics ProjectCristina de Amorim Machado and Antonio A.P. Videira223
The contribution of Giordano Bruno to the principle of relativityAlessandro De Angelis and Catarina Espirito Santo241
Abū’l Faẓl, independent discoverer of the Great Comet of 1577R.C. Kapoor249
James Henry Marriott: New Zealand’s first professional telescope-makerWayne Orchiston, Carl Romick and Pendreigh Brown261
Ludwig Franz Benedikt Biermann: the doyen of German post-war astrophysicsRichard Wielebinski277
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 4: Kerr, Shain, Higgins and the Hornsby Valley field station near SydneyWayne Orchiston, Bruce Slee, Martin George and Richard Wielebinski285
The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 5: Reber and the Kempton field station in TasmaniaMartin George, Wayne Orchiston, Richard Wielebinski and Bruce Slee312
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 moreWolfgang Steinicke332
Index to Volume 18333
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