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JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Volume 9 No. 1<\/th><\/th>June 2006<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cover<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
About the JAHH and the cover<\/a><\/td><\/td>Inside Cover<\/td><\/tr>
Contents<\/a><\/td><\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
The Beginnings of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands<\/a><\/td>Hugo van Woerden, & Richard G. Strom<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
From Potts Hill (Australia) to Pune (India): The Journey of a Radio Astronomer<\/a><\/td>Govind Swarup<\/td>21<\/td><\/tr>
The Genesis of Solar Radio Astronomy in Australia<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston, Bruce Slee, & Ron Burman<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
The Significance and Errors of Erathosthenes\u2019 Method for the Measurement of the
Size and Shape of the Earth\u2019s Surface<\/a><\/td>		Antonios D. Pinotsis<\/td>57<\/td><\/tr>
Measuring the World: Excursions in Astronomy and Geodesy<\/a><\/td>A.H. Batten & J.R. Smith<\/td>65<\/td><\/tr>
Notes on Translations of the East Asian Records Relating to the Supernova of AD 1054<\/a><\/td>David W. Pankenier<\/td>77<\/td><\/tr>
Sir David Brewster\u2019s Changing Ideas on the Plurality of Worlds<\/a><\/td>Miguel de Asua<\/td>83<\/td><\/tr>
Arthur Beer and his relations with Einstein and the Warburg Institute<\/a><\/td>Hilmar W. Duerbeck & Peter Beer<\/td>93<\/td><\/tr>
A Fair Use of Arcturus: A Syzygy of Scholarians and the Lighting of the Chicago
Century of Progress Exposition, 1933-1934<\/a><\/td>		Robert J. Havlik<\/td>99<\/td><\/tr>
A Brief History of the Astrophysical Research Consortium and the Apache Point Observatory<\/a><\/td>Jim Peterson & Glen Mackie<\/td>109<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
The Composition of Kepler\u2019s Astronomia Nova,<\/a> by James R. Voelkel<\/td>William Dorsey<\/td>129<\/td><\/tr>
Biographischer Index der Astronomie\/Biographical Index of Astronomy,<\/a>
by Wilhelm Br\u00fcggenthies & Wolfgang R. Dick<\/td>		Mary Br\u00fcck<\/td>130<\/td><\/tr>
Stars and Numbers: Astronomy and Mathematics in the Medieval Arab and Western Worlds, <\/a>
by Paul Kunitzsch<\/td>		Ihsan Hafez<\/td>130<\/td><\/tr>
Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes, <\/a>
by Arthur I. Miller<\/td>		Alan H. Batten<\/td>131<\/td><\/tr>
In Search Of Dark Matter,<\/a> by Ken Freeman & Geoff McNamara<\/td>Colin Montgomery<\/td>132<\/td><\/tr>
Einsteins Kosmos. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Kosmologie, Relativit\u00e4tstheorie und zu Einsteins Wirken <\/a>
und Nachwirken, ed.<\/a> by Hilmar W. Duerbeck & Wolfgang R. Dick<\/td>		Dierck-E. Liebscher<\/td>133<\/td><\/tr>
The Evolution of Harmonic Analysis: Models of the Real World,<\/a> by Elena Prestini<\/td>Ron Bracewell<\/td>133<\/td><\/tr>
The Transits of Venus,<\/a> by William Sheehan & John Westfall<\/td>Graeme L. White<\/td>134<\/td><\/tr>
H\u014dk\u016bloa. The British 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawai\u2019i ,<\/a> by Michael Chauvin<\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>135<\/td><\/tr>
Revolutionaries of the Cosmos: The Astro-physicists,<\/a> by Ian Glass<\/td>David Blank<\/td>135<\/td><\/tr>
English Mechanic (Facsimile series on DVDs), pub.<\/a> by Eric Hutton<\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>136<\/td><\/tr>
Advertisement:<\/strong> James Cook University<\/a><\/td><\/td>Inside Back Cover<\/td><\/tr>
Contents<\/a><\/td><\/td>Back Cover<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Volume 9 No. 2<\/th><\/th>December 2006<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cover<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
About the JAHH and the cover<\/a><\/td><\/td>Inside Cover<\/td><\/tr>
Contents<\/a><\/td><\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Editorial<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/td>138<\/td><\/tr>
The Slee Celebration #4: Radio Astronomy Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Olof Rydbeck and Early Swedish Radio Astronomy: A Personal Perspective<\/a><\/td>V. Radhakrishnan<\/td>139<\/td><\/tr>
Other Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Babylonian Timings of Eclipse Contacts and the Study of the Earth\u2019s Past Rotation<\/a><\/td>F. Richard Stephenson<\/td>145<\/td><\/tr>
John Herschel on the Discovery of Neptune<\/a><\/td>Nicholas Kollerstrom<\/td>151<\/td><\/tr>
A Glimpse at the Astronomy Heritage of the Science Museum, London<\/a><\/td>Kevin Johnson<\/td>159<\/td><\/tr>
The 1874 Transit of Venus Observed in Japan by the French, and Associated Relics<\/a><\/td>Suzanne D\u00e9barbat & Fran\u00e7oise Launay,<\/td>167<\/td><\/tr>
The Introduction of Absolute Magnitude (1902 – 1922)<\/a><\/td>David W. Hughes<\/td>173<\/td><\/tr>
Early Photographs of the Distant Sierra Nevada Mountains Taken from Lick Observatory<\/a><\/td>Donald E. Osterbrock<\/td>181<\/td><\/tr>
The Wisconsin Experiment Package (WEP) Aboard the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2)<\/a><\/td>Jordan D. March\u00e9 II & Adam J. Walsh<\/td>185<\/td><\/tr>
Historical Archives in Italian Astronomical Observatories: The \u201cSpecola 2000\u201d Project<\/a><\/td>I. Chinnici, A. Mandrino, & F. B\u00f2noli<\/td>200<\/td><\/tr>
IAU Reports<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
IAU Historic Radio Astronomy Working Group. Triennial Report (2003-2006)<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston, Rod Davies,
Ken Kellermann, Alain Lecacheux,
Masaki Morimoto, Slava Slysh,
Govind Swarup, Hugo van Woerden,
Jasper Wall, & Richard Wielebinski<\/td>		203<\/td><\/tr>
IAU Historical Instruments Working Group. Triennial Report (2003-2006)<\/a><\/td>Nha Il-Seong<\/td>204<\/td><\/tr>
IAU Transit of Venus Working Group. Triennial Report (2003-2006)<\/a><\/td>Steven J. Dick<\/td>205<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong> (all<\/a>)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
JENAM 2003. Radio Astronomy from Karl Jansky to Microjansky, ed.<\/a>
by L.I. Gurvits, S. Frey, & S. Rawlings,<\/td>		Wayne Orchiston<\/td>206<\/td><\/tr>
in Synchrony with the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in <\/a>
Medieval Islamic Civilization, Volume 1: the Call of the Muezzin. Volume 2: Instruments of Mass Calculation,<\/a>
by David A. King<\/td>		Ihsan Hafez<\/td>206<\/td><\/tr>
The Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology,<\/a> by Malcolm Longair<\/td>David Blank<\/td>207<\/td><\/tr>
Journal of the Antique Telescope Society, #27-#28, 2006 [Special Alvan Clark issue]<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>207<\/td><\/tr>
Index to Volume 9<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/td>209<\/td><\/tr>
Advertisement: James Cook University<\/a><\/td><\/td>Inside Back Cover<\/td><\/tr>
Contents<\/a><\/td><\/td>Back Cover<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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