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JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Volume 15 No. 1<\/th><\/th>March\/April 2012<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cover<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Contents<\/a><\/td><\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Editorial<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Lomonosov, the Discovery of Venus\u2019s Atmosphere, and the Eighteenth-century
Transits of Venus<\/a><\/td>		Jay M. Pasachoff and William Sheehan<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Romanian Astronomy and the 1874 Transit of Venus<\/a><\/td>Magda Stavinschi<\/td>15<\/td><\/tr>
The M51 Mystery: Lord Rosse, Robinson, South and the Discovery of Spiral
Structure in 1845<\/a><\/td>		Wolfgang Steinicke<\/td>19<\/td><\/tr>
The Development of Astronomy in Naples: The Tale of Two Large Telescopes
made by William Herschel<\/a><\/td>		Mauro Gargano<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
\u2018Astronomy\u2019 or \u2018Astrology\u2019: A Brief History of an Apparent Confusion<\/a><\/td>Alexandre Losev<\/td>42<\/td><\/tr>
Long-publishing Astronomers, or the Problem of Classification<\/a><\/td>Joseph S. Tenn<\/td>47<\/td><\/tr>
James Ferguson Remembered<\/a><\/td>Clive Davenhall<\/td>57<\/td><\/tr>
Some New Insights into the History of the Glasgow Time Ball and Time Guns<\/a><\/td>David Clarke and Roger Kinns<\/td>59<\/td><\/tr>
Orbituary<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Hilmar Willi Duerbeck, 1948-2012<\/a><\/td>Christiaan Sterken, Joseph S. Tenn and Wayne Orchiston<\/td>68<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong> (all<\/a>)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Advancing Variable Star Astronomy. The Centennial History of the American
Association of Variable Star Observers, by Thomas R. Williams and Michael Saladyga<\/td>		Wayne Orchiston<\/td>70<\/td><\/tr>
Celebrating the AAO: Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Symposium held in
Coonabarabran June 21-25, 2010, to Commemorate 35 Years of the AAO and its
Transition to the Australian Astronomical Observatory, edited by Russell Cannon and David Malin<\/td>		Stephen Marsden<\/td>71<\/td><\/tr>
Scientific Writing for Young Astronomers, Parts 1 and 2, edited by Christiaan Sterken<\/td>Hilmar W. Duerbeck<\/td>71<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Volume 15 No. 2<\/th><\/th>July\/August 2012<\/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>75<\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
A history of radio astronomy polarisation measurements<\/a><\/td>Richard Wielebinski<\/td>76<\/td><\/tr>
The Parkes 18-m Antenna: a brief historical evaluation<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>96<\/td><\/tr>
Discovery of the Magellanic Stream<\/td>Don Mathewson<\/td>100<\/td><\/tr>
In memory of Eugene (Jen\u0151) von Gothard: a pioneering nineteenth century Hungarian
astrophysicist<\/a><\/td>		Ildik\u00f3 J. Vincze and Istv\u00e1n Jankovics<\/td>105<\/td><\/tr>
Advancing astronomy on the American frontier: the career of Frank Herbert Loud<\/a><\/td>Steve Ruskin<\/td>115<\/td><\/tr>
Possible astronomical meanings of some El Molle relics near the ESO Observatory at La Silla<\/a><\/td>Gabriella Bernardi, Alberto Vecchiato and Beatrice
Bucciarelli<\/td>		137<\/td><\/tr>
Book Review<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
The Great Melbourne Telescope, by Richard Gillespie<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>146<\/td><\/tr>
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Radio Astronomy and the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage<\/a><\/td><\/td>136<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Volume 15 No. 3<\/th><\/th>November\/December 2012<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cover<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
About the JAHH and the cover<\/td><\/td>Inside Cover<\/td><\/tr>
Contents<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Is Space Flat? Nineteenth Century Astronomy and Non-Euclidean Geometry<\/a><\/td>Helge Kragh<\/td>149<\/td><\/tr>
The Wells Creek Meteorite Impact Site and Changing Views on Impact Cratering<\/a><\/td>J.R.H. Ford, Wayne Orchiston and Ron Clendening<\/td>159<\/td><\/tr>
On the Origin of the Name of the Minor Planet (1441) Bolyai<\/td>\u00c1kos Csizmadia and Szil\u00e1rd Csizmadia<\/td>179<\/td><\/tr>
The 1882 Transit of Venus and the Popularization of Astronomy in the USA as Reflected in The New York Times<\/a><\/td>Stella Cottam, Wayne Orchiston and F. Richard Stephenson<\/td>183<\/td><\/tr>
On the Reliability of Han Dynasty Solar Eclipse Records<\/a><\/td>David W. Pankenier<\/td>200<\/td><\/tr>
Highlighting the History of Japanese Radio Astronomy: 1. An Introduction<\/a><\/td>Masato Ishiguro, Wayne Orchiston, Kenji Akabane, Norio Kaifu,
Masa Hayashi, Tsuko Nakamura, Ronald Stewart and Hiromitsu Yokoo<\/td>		213<\/td><\/tr>
The University of Texas Millimeter Wave Observatory<\/a><\/td>Paul A. Vanden Bout, John H. Davis and Robert B. Loren<\/td>232<\/td><\/tr>
Sigurd Enebo and Variable Star Research: Nova Geminorum 1912 and the RV Tauri Stars<\/a><\/td>Bj\u00f8rn Ragnvald Pettersen<\/td>246<\/td><\/tr>
IAU Working Group Reports<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
IAU Historic Radio Astronomy Working Group: Triennial Report (2009-2011)<\/a><\/td>Ken Kellermann<\/td>255<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong> (all<\/a>)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy, by Barbara J. Becker<\/td>Steven J. Dick<\/td>258<\/td><\/tr>
The Day the World Discovered the Sun. An Extraordinary Story of Scientific Adventure and the Race to Track the Transit of
Venus, by Mark Anderson<\/td>		Wayne Orchiston<\/td>259<\/td><\/tr>
Index to Volume 15<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/td>260<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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