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JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Volume 22 No. 1<\/th><\/th>March\/April 2019<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cover<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
About JAHH and the cover<\/a><\/td><\/td>Inside Cover<\/td><\/tr>
Contents and Editorial<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
A tribute to Professor Govind Swarup, FRS: The Father of Indian Radio Astronomy<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston and Sudhir Phakatkar<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Della Porta, Colonna, and Fontana: the role of Neapolitan scientist at the beginning of the telescope era<\/a><\/td>Mauro Gargano<\/td>45<\/td><\/tr>
Petrus Apianus\u2019 volvelle for finding the equinoxes<\/a><\/td>Lars Gisl\u00e9n<\/td>60<\/td><\/tr>
Merz telescopes at the University Observatory in Christiania, Norway<\/a><\/td>Bj\u00f8rn Ragnvald Pettersen<\/td>65<\/td><\/tr>
Four centuries of observations of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter: increasing the astrometric accuracy<\/a><\/td>J.E. Arlot<\/td>78<\/td><\/tr>
A history of Western astronomical almanacs<\/a><\/td>P. Kenneth Seidelmann<\/td>93<\/td><\/tr>
Power, politics and personalities in Australian astronomy: William Ernest Cooke and the triangulation
of the Pacific by wireless time signals<\/a><\/td>		Ian Tasker<\/td>113<\/td><\/tr>
An account of the comet, which appeared in the months of September, October and November 1807<\/a><\/td>Captain John Warren<\/td>132<\/td><\/tr>
On observations of the Great Comet of 1807 (C\/1807 R1) from India<\/a><\/td>R.C. Kapoor<\/td>137<\/td><\/tr>
John Warren\u2019s unpublished observations of the Great Comet of 1811 from India<\/a><\/td>R.C. Kapoor<\/td>147<\/td><\/tr>
Australites. Part 2: early Aboriginal perception and use<\/a><\/td>Philip A. Clarke<\/td>155<\/td><\/tr>
Astronomy of the Pardhi Tribe of Central India<\/a><\/td>Ganesh Halkare, Purushottam Dahedar,
Wayne Orchiston and M.N. Vahia<\/td>		179<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews <\/strong>(all<\/a>)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Mercury,<\/a> by William Sheehan<\/td>Clifford J. Cunningham<\/td>195<\/td><\/tr>
The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations,<\/a> by Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Eckart Frahm,
Wayne Horowitz, and John Steele<\/td>		Gil Breger<\/td>196<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Volume 22 No. 2<\/th><\/th>August\/September 2019<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cover<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
About JAHH and the cover<\/a><\/td><\/td>Inside Cover<\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
The importance of historical measures for dynamical models of the evolution of <\/a>
Trapezium-type multiple systems<\/a><\/td>		Christine Allen, Leonardo J. S\u00e1nchez,
Alex Ruelas-Mayorga and Rafael Costero<\/td>		201<\/td><\/tr>
A further application of Google Earth in studying the orientation of ancient Greek monument<\/a><\/td>Dimitris Sinachopoulos<\/td>211<\/td><\/tr>
Baiami and the emu chase: an astronomical interpretation of a Wiradjuri Dreaming associated<\/a>
 With the Burbung<\/a><\/td>		Trevor M. Leaman and Duane W. Hamacher<\/td>225<\/td><\/tr>
Minnaert\u2019s folly: a forgotten teaching observatory from the 1960s<\/a><\/td>David Baneke<\/td>238<\/td><\/tr>
A tale of three telescopes: the John A. Brashear Company and its 46-cm objective<\/a><\/td>Richard Taibi<\/td>247<\/td><\/tr>
The short-lived CSIRO Division of Radiophysics field station at Bankstown Aerodrome in Sydney<\/a><\/td>Harry Wendt and Wayne Orchiston<\/td>266<\/td><\/tr>
On two seventeenth century Persian paintings depicting comets or fireballs<\/a><\/td>R.C. Kapoor<\/td>273<\/td><\/tr>
Identification of the stars of the Saptarsi Ma\u1e47\u1e0dala and its vicinity<\/a><\/td>B.S. Shylaja and R. Venketeswara Pai<\/td>294<\/td><\/tr>
A history of Drake Municipal Observatory, Des Moines, USA: from riches, to rags, to restoration<\/a><\/td>Kaley Wresch, Deborah Kent,
Janis Winter and Wayne Orchiston<\/td>		301<\/td><\/tr>
Highlighting the history of Japanese radio astronomy. 6: Early solar monitoring at the Radio Research
Laboratories of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Hiraiso<\/a><\/td>		Wayne Orchiston and Masato Ishiguro<\/td>328<\/td><\/tr>
A hypothetical Romakasiddh\u0101nta Calendar<\/a><\/td>Lars Gisl\u00e9n<\/td>339<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong> (all)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art,<\/a> by Benjamin Anderson<\/td>Marian Dolan<\/td>342<\/td><\/tr>
Selene\u2019s Two Faces: From 17th Century Drawings to Spacecraft Imaging,<\/a> by Carmen P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez<\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>343<\/td><\/tr>
Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe, <\/a>
by Alan Hirshfeld<\/td>		Clifford J. Cunningham<\/td>346<\/td><\/tr>
Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of Sir John Herschel, by Stephen Case<\/td>Clifford J. Cunningham<\/td>347<\/td><\/tr>
Kew Observatory & The Evolution of Victorian Science 1840\u20121910, <\/a>by Lee T. Macdonald<\/td>Clifford J. Cunningham<\/td>348<\/td><\/tr>
Fred Whipple\u2019s Empire: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1955\u20131973, <\/a>
by David H. DeVorkin<\/td>		Jordan D. March\u00e9 II<\/td>350<\/td><\/tr>
Jupiter,<\/a> by William Sheehan and Thomas Hockey<\/td>Clifford J. Cunningham<\/td>351<\/td><\/tr>
American Eclipses: A Nation\u2019s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon<\/a>
 and Win the Glory of the World,<\/a> by David Baron<\/td>		Wayne Orchiston<\/td>353<\/td><\/tr>
Imagining Other Worlds: Explorations in Astronomy and Culture, edited <\/a>by Nicholas
Campion and Chris Impey<\/td>		Clifford J. Cunningham<\/td>354<\/td><\/tr>
The Great Canoes in the Sky: Starlore and Astronomy in the South Pacific,<\/a> by Stephen Robert Chadwick
and Martin Paviour-Smith<\/td>		Wayne Orchiston<\/td>355<\/td><\/tr>
Rocks, Radio and Radar: The Extraordinary Scientific, Social and Military Life of Elizabeth Alexander, <\/a>
by Mary Harris<\/td>		Wayne Orchiston<\/td>358<\/td><\/tr>
Cosmos: The Art and Science of the Universe,<\/a> by Roberta J.M. Olson and Jay M. Pasachoff<\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>361<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Volume 22 No. 3<\/th><\/th>November\/December 2019<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cover<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
About JAHH and the cover<\/a><\/td><\/td>Inside Cover<\/td><\/tr>
Contents<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>363<\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Treading carefully: V.M. Slipher, C.O. Lampland, E.C. Slipher and their ambivalent relationship with
Percival Lowell\u2019s Mars<\/td>		William Sheehan<\/td>365<\/td><\/tr>
The concepts of de\u015b\u0101ntara and yojana in Indian astronomy<\/a><\/td>Padmaja Venugopal, K. Rupa,
S.K. Uma, and S. Balachandra Rao<\/td>		401<\/td><\/tr>
The calendars of Southeast Asia. 1: Introduction<\/a><\/td>Lars Gisl\u00e9n and C.J. Eade<\/td>407<\/td><\/tr>
The calendars of Southeast Asia. 2: Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia<\/a><\/td>Lars Gisl\u00e9n and C.J. Eade<\/td>417<\/td><\/tr>
The calendars of Southeast Asia. 3: Vietnam<\/a><\/td>L\u00ea Th\u00e0nh L\u00e2n<\/td>431<\/td><\/tr>
The calendars of Southeast Asia. 4: Malaysia and Indonesia<\/a><\/td>Lars Gisl\u00e9n and C.J. Eade<\/td>447<\/td><\/tr>
The calendars of Southeast Asia. 5: Eclipse calculations, and the longitudes of the Sun, <\/a>
Moon and planets in Burmese and Thai astronomy<\/a><\/td>		Lars Gisl\u00e9n and C.J. Eade<\/td>458<\/td><\/tr>
The calendars of Southeast Asia. 6: Calendrical records<\/a><\/td>Lars Gisl\u00e9n and C.J. Eade<\/td>479<\/td><\/tr>
Notes on the transmission of Ptolemy\u2019s Almagest and some geometrical mechanisms to the era of Copernicus<\/a><\/td>Kevin Krisciunas and Bel\u00e9n Bistu\u00e9<\/td>492<\/td><\/tr>
Radio astronomy at Cornell University: the early years, 1946 to 1962<\/a><\/td>Donald B. Campbell<\/td>503<\/td><\/tr>
The Tarawera volcanic eruption in New Zealand and M\u0101ori cometary astronomy<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston and John Drummond<\/td>521<\/td><\/tr>
The Bh\u0101svat\u012b astronomical handbook of \u015aat\u0101nanda<\/a><\/td>Sudhira Panda<\/td>536<\/td><\/tr>
Rationale for \u015ar\u012brgu\u1e47amitr\u0101div\u0101kyas as described in the Laghuprak\u0101\u015bik\u0101<\/a><\/td>R.Venkesteswara Pai<\/td>545<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong> (all)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Vedic Mathematics and Science in Vedas,<\/a> by S. Balachandra Rao<\/td>Mayank Vahia<\/td>553<\/td><\/tr>
Gerard P. Kuiper and the Rise of Modern Planetary Science, <\/a>by Derek W.G. Sears<\/td>William K. Hartmann<\/td>553<\/td><\/tr>
Conference Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Dr. Nicolaus Thege-Konkoly and
145th Anniversary of the Founding of the Hurbanovo Observatory, edited<\/a> by Eduard Ko\u010di<\/td>		Stanislav \u0160i\u0161ul\u00e1k<\/td>555<\/td><\/tr>
The Lost Planets: Peter van de Kamp and the Vanishing Exoplanets Around Barnard\u2019s Star,<\/a> by John Wenz<\/td>Clifford J. Cunningham<\/td>556<\/td><\/tr>
Time of our Lives: Sundials of the Adler Planetarium,<\/a> by Sara J. Schechner<\/td>Mike Cowham<\/td>557<\/td><\/tr>
The First Latin Treatise of Ptolemy\u2019s Astronomy: The Almagest Minor (c. 1200) [Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus,
Texts: Volume 1],<\/a> by Henry Zepeda<\/td>		Dominque Raynaud<\/td>559<\/td><\/tr>
Jan Hendrik Oort: Master of the Galactic System,<\/a> by Pieter C. van der Kruit<\/td>Virginia Trimble<\/td>561<\/td><\/tr>
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology, edited<\/a> by Helge Kragh and Malcolm Longair<\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>565<\/td><\/tr>
Index<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/td>557<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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