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JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Volume 23 No. 1<\/th><\/th>March\/April 2020<\/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>
\u201cFoundling of Percival Lowell\u201d: The saga of naming Pluto<\/a><\/td>Thomas Hockey<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
Australian eclipse expeditions: James Short and the eclipses of 1908, 1910 and 1911<\/a><\/td>Nick Lomb<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr>
Astronomical dating of seven Classical Greek eclipses<\/a><\/td>F.R. Stephenson, L.V. Morrison, and C.Y. Hohenkerk<\/td>47<\/td><\/tr>
Seeking an inconstant constant: the quest to discover the variability of the Sun from William
Herschel to Andrew Ellicott Douglass<\/a><\/td>		William Sheehan and G. Wesley Lockwood<\/td>63<\/td><\/tr>
Solstice and solar position observations in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions<\/a><\/td>Duane W. Hamacher, Robert S. Fuller, Trevor M. Leaman,
and David Bosun<\/td>		89<\/td><\/tr>
Sustained cartographic innovations in nascent French Canada: the life and times of Jean Deshayes<\/a><\/td>Richard de Grijs<\/td>100<\/td><\/tr>
Herschel\u2019s spurious moons of Uranus: their impact on satellite orbital theory, celestial cartography<\/a><\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>119<\/td><\/tr>
Understanding \u015brungonnati: elevation of the Moon’s cusp (with examples)<\/a><\/td>B.S. Shubha, B.S. Shylaja and P. Vinay<\/td>163<\/td><\/tr>
Cook\u2019s third voyage to the Pacific and early scientific astronomy on the north-western coast of America:
the sojourn at Nootka Sound in April 1778<\/a><\/td>		Wayne Orchiston and William Wells<\/td>174<\/td><\/tr>
Obituary<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Obituary: Dr Yukio \u00d4hashi (1955-2019)<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston and Tsuko Nakamura<\/td>209<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong> (all<\/a>)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Cosmic Discovery: The Search, Scope, and Heritage of Astronomy<\/a> by Martin Harwit<\/td>Samantha Thompson<\/td>218<\/td><\/tr>
Unifying Heaven and Earth: Essays in the History of Early Modern Cosmology edited<\/a> by Patrick Boner
and Dario Tessicini<\/td>		Clifford Cunningham<\/td>219<\/td><\/tr>
Scandalous Error. Calendar Reform and Calendrical Astronomy in Medieval Europe<\/a> by C. Philipp E. Nothaft<\/td>Cecelia Panti<\/td>220<\/td><\/tr>
Simon Marius and His Research edited <\/a>by Hans Gaab and Pierre Leich<\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>223<\/td><\/tr>
The Wayward Comet: A Descriptive History of Cometary Orbits, Kepler\u2019s Problem and the Cometarium<\/a>
by Martin Beech<\/td>		Pedro M.P. Raposo<\/td>224<\/td><\/tr>
Franz Xaver von Zach und die Astronomie seiner Zeit edited<\/a> by Wolfgang R. Dick and Oliver Schwarz<\/td>Endre Zsoldos<\/td>226<\/td><\/tr>
Decoding the Stars: A Biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and Scientist <\/a>by Ileana Chinnici<\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>227<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Volume 23 No. 2<\/th><\/th>July\/August 2020<\/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>229<\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
\u2018Dark stars\u2019 and a new interpretation of the ancient Greek stellar magnitude system<\/a><\/td>Clifford J. Cunningham<\/td>231<\/td><\/tr>
Medieval astronomical clocks in the Baltic region and the mysterious golden numbers in Gdansk<\/a><\/td>Lars Gisl\u00e9n<\/td>257<\/td><\/tr>
Alexander Bruce: Scotland\u2019s accidental \u2018scientific revolutionary\u2019<\/a><\/td>Richard de Grijs<\/td>267<\/td><\/tr>
The time balls of Mauritius<\/a><\/td>Roger Kinns<\/td>281<\/td><\/tr>
Geodetic arcs, pendulums and the shape of the Earth<\/a><\/td>James Lequeux<\/td>297<\/td><\/tr>
The eclipse of 21 June 1629 in Beijing in the context of the reform of the Chinese calendar<\/a><\/td>Sperello di Serego Alighieri and Elisabetta Corsi<\/td>327<\/td><\/tr>
Henrique Morize and the eclipse of 1919 eclipse: the National Observatory of Brazil, the
solar corona, and pure science<\/a><\/td>		Antonio A.P. Vidiera<\/td>335<\/td><\/tr>
Comet tales from India: the Great September Comet of 1882 (C\/1882 R1)<\/a><\/td>Ramesh Kapoor<\/td>353<\/td><\/tr>
Native American traditions of Meteor Crater, Arizona: fact, fiction or appropriation?<\/a><\/td>Duane W. Hamacher<\/td>375<\/td><\/tr>
A cultural comparison of the \u2018dark constellations\u2019 in the Milky Way<\/a><\/td>Stephen R. Gullberg, Duane W. Hamacher,
Alejandro Martin-Lopez, Javier Mejuto,
Andrew M. Munro and Wayne Orchiston<\/td>		390<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong> (all<\/a>)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
No Shadow of a Doubt: The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein\u2019s Theory of Relativity, <\/a>
by Daniel Kennefick<\/td>		Clifford Cunningham<\/td>405<\/td><\/tr>
Gravity\u2019s Century: From Einstein\u2019s Eclipse to Images of Black Holes,<\/a> by Ron Cowen<\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>405<\/td><\/tr>
Proving Einstein Right: The Daring Expeditions That Changed How We Look at The Universe, <\/a>
by S. James Gates Jr. and Cathie Pelletier<\/td>		Clifford Cunningham<\/td>405<\/td><\/tr>
Zwicky: The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe,<\/a> by John Johnson Jr<\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>407<\/td><\/tr>
History of the Observatory at the University of Trnava 1756\u20121785,<\/a> by Al\u017ebeta Holo\u0161ov\u00e1 and
Henrieta \u017da\u017eov\u00e1<\/td>		Paul Gabor<\/td>408<\/td><\/tr>
Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in its Contexts, edited <\/a>by Alan C. Bowen and
Francesca Rochberg<\/td>		Clifford Cunningham<\/td>410<\/td><\/tr>
As the World Turns: The History of Proving the Earth Rotates,<\/a> by Peter Kosso<\/td>William Tobin<\/td>411<\/td><\/tr>
In Memoriiam Hilmar Duerbeck, edited<\/a> by Wolfgang R. Dick and Christiaan Sterken<\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>413<\/td><\/tr>
Mathematical Disquisitions: The Booklet of Theses Immortalized <\/a>by Galileo,
by Christopher M. Graney<\/td>		Clifford Cunningham<\/td>414<\/td><\/tr>
News From Mars: Mass Media and the Forging of a New Astronomy, 1860-1910,<\/a> by Joshua Nall<\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>416<\/td><\/tr>
Saturn,<\/a> by William Sheehan<\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>417<\/td><\/tr>
Jean-Charles Houzeau\u2019s Escape from Texas. A Belgian Astronomer Caught in the American
Civil War, <\/a>by C. Sterken and A.A. King<\/td>		Emile Biemont<\/td>418<\/td><\/tr>
History of the Plurality of Worlds: The Myths of Extraterrestrials Throughout the Ages,<\/a>
by Pierre Connes, edited by James Lequeux<\/td>		Steven J. Dick<\/td>419<\/td><\/tr>
The Moon: A Translation of Der Mond by Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, translated <\/a>
by Stephen Harvey<\/td>		Bill Leatherbarrow<\/td>421<\/td><\/tr>
Corrigendum<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
The Obituary for Dr Yukio \u00d4hashi<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston and Tsuko Nakamura<\/td>423<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Volume 23 No. 3<\/th><\/th>November\/December 2020<\/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>425<\/td><\/tr>
Papers<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
A case study of the Picture Rocks sun dagger, plus a review of the intentionality of sun daggers<\/a><\/td>Bradley E. Schaefer and James Stamm<\/td>427<\/td><\/tr>
Cosmic symbolism of Zuni fetish carvings<\/a><\/td>Von Del Chamberlain and Milford Nahohai<\/td>452<\/td><\/tr>
European longitude prizes. I: longitude determination in the Spanish empire<\/a><\/td>Richard de Grijs<\/td>465<\/td><\/tr>
A (not so) brief history of lunar distances: lunar longitude determination at sea before the chronometer<\/a><\/td>Richard de Grijs<\/td>495<\/td><\/tr>
Time signals for mariners in India, Burma, and Ceylon<\/a><\/td>Roger Kinns<\/td>523<\/td><\/tr>
The founding of Arcetri Observatory in Florence<\/td>Simone Bianchi<\/td>553<\/td><\/tr>
Raymond Michard and his solar physics group at Paris-Meudon Observatory<\/a><\/td>Pierre Mein and Nicole Mein<\/td>582<\/td><\/tr>
The Mexican astrographic catalogue and Carte du Ciel Project<\/a><\/td>Marco Arturo Moreno Corral and William J. Schuster<\/td>601<\/td><\/tr>
Where exactly did A.S. Eddington observe the total solar eclipse of 29 May 1919?
(Onde, exactamente, A.S. Eddington observou o eclipse solar de 29 de Maio de 1919?)<\/a><\/td>		Joana Latas, Duarte Pape, and Ana Sim\u00f5es<\/td>614<\/td><\/tr>
Observations of the Great September Comet of 1882 (C\/1882 R1) from New Zealand<\/a><\/td>Wayne Orchiston, John Drummond, Gary Kronk<\/td>628<\/td><\/tr>
Communication issues in war-time astronomy: independent Australian, Indian,
New Zealand and South African discoveries of Comet C\/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)<\/a><\/td>		Wayne Orchiston, John Drummond, and B.S. Shylaja<\/td>659<\/td><\/tr>
On two Seventeenth century Persian paintings depicting comets or fireballs: a correction<\/a><\/td>R.C. Kapoor<\/td>675<\/td><\/tr>
Book Reviews<\/strong> (all<\/a>)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Space, Time and Aliens: Collected Works on Cosmos and Culture,<\/a> by Steven J. Dick.<\/td>David H. DeVorkin<\/td>681<\/td><\/tr>
A Babylonian Calendar Treatise: Scholars and Invaders in the Late First Millennium BC,<\/a>
by Frances Reynolds<\/td>		John Steele<\/td>682<\/td><\/tr>
Open Skies. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and its Impact on US Radio Astronomy,<\/a>
by Kenneth I. Kellermann, Ellen N. Bouton and Sierra S. Brandt<\/td>		Marshall Cohen<\/td>684<\/td><\/tr>
Tycho Brahe and the Measure of the Heavens,<\/a> by John Robert Christianson<\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>685<\/td><\/tr>
Archaeoastronomy in the Roman World, edited<\/a> by Giulio Magli, Antonio C\u00e9sar Gonz\u00e1lez-Garc\u00eda,
Juan Belmonte Aviles, and Elio Antonello<\/td>		E.C. Krupp<\/td>686<\/td><\/tr>
The Number of the Heavens: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest to Understand the Cosmos,<\/a> by Tom Siegfreid<\/td>Clifford Cunningham and Conlan Salgado<\/td>688<\/td><\/tr>
A Saving Science: Capturing the Heavens in Carolingian Manuscripts,<\/a> by Eric M. Ramirez-Weaver<\/td>Marion Dolan<\/td>689<\/td><\/tr>
The History of Celestial Navigation: Rise of the Royal Observatory and Nautical Almanacs,<\/a>
edited by P. Kenneth Seidelmann and Catherine Y. Hohenkerk<\/td>		Patricia Fara<\/td>691<\/td><\/tr>
Celestial Mirror: The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh II,<\/a> by Barry Perlus<\/td>Clifford Cunningham<\/td>693<\/td><\/tr>
Maps of the Moon. Lunar Cartography from the Seventeenth Century to the Space Age, <\/a>by Thom\u00e1s A.S. Haddad<\/td>Francis J. Manasek<\/td>694<\/td><\/tr>
The Pursuit of Harmony: Kepler on Cosmos, Confession, and Community,<\/a> by Aviva Rothman<\/td>Paul Gabor<\/td>695<\/td><\/tr>
Response to the Review of The Pursuit of Harmony: Kepler on Cosmos, Confession, and Community,<\/a> by Dr Paul Gabor<\/td>Aviva Rothman<\/td>698<\/td><\/tr>
The Curious Eye: Optics and Imaginative Literature in Seventeenth Century England,<\/a> by Erin Webster<\/td>Cliff Cunningham<\/td>699<\/td><\/tr>
Evolving Theories on the Origin of the Moon,<\/a> by Walter D. Cummings<\/td>Erik Asphaug<\/em><\/td>701<\/td><\/tr>
Time and Time Again: Determination of Longitude at Sea in the 17th Century,<\/a> by Richard de Grijs<\/td>Wayne Orchiston<\/td>702<\/td><\/tr>
Back Matter<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2020 Index<\/a><\/td><\/td>705<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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