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- A Marvellous Connection: Longomontanus’ Battle With the Latitudes of
Mars- Authors: Gonzalo L. Recio
Pages: 383 - 400
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 383-400, November 2020.
This paper deals with Longomontanus’ theory of latitudes of Mars, as it is extant in his Astronomia Danica. I will show how the solution that Longomontanus devised to solve the longitude problems presented by Tycho’s non-bisected model allowed him to achieve very good latitude predictions, without correcting the basic underlying values that were at the root of Tycho’s difficulties regarding latitudes.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:33Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620954562
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Trust in Glass: Negotiating the Purchase of the Object Glass for the Airy
Transit Circle- Authors: Daniel Belteki
Pages: 401 - 422
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 401-422, November 2020.
The Airy Transit Circle of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich is one of the most important instruments in the history of astronomy, navigation and time distribution. However, there has been very little research done on the history of the instrument. This article examines how the purchase of the object glass for the Airy Transit Circle involved active negotiations between George Biddell Airy and three different opticians: Georg Merz, Noel Paymal Lerebours, and William Simms. The article also shows the involvement of John Herschel and Richard Sheepshanks in Airy’s decision making process. By highlighting the presence of these individuals, the article shows how Airy’s trust and distrust in different instrument makers influenced his choice of supplier for the object glass of the Airy Transit Circle.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:32Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620968631
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Constructing the Electric Eye: Situating the Smithsonian National Air and
Space Museum’s Wisconsin Collection of Photoelectric Detectors in
Historical Context- Authors: Anthony Lattis
Pages: 423 - 460
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 423-460, November 2020.
Between 2017 and 2019, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum acquired a collection of photoelectric tubes used in the earliest program of astronomical photoelectric photometry at the University of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Collection of Photoelectric Detectors represents a unique look inside the development of a pioneering research project and a fledgling technology. The process by which techniques and technologies related to photoelectric photometry developed in the early twentieth century involved a variety of academic disciplines and commercial actors, and this process is reflected in the variety and specific features of the tubes in the collection. This paper attempts to situate the Wisconsin Collection within the wider development of photoelectric tubes as a technology, the development of observation techniques at Wisconsin, and their contributions to astronomical knowledge.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:34Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620942409
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- José Monteiro da Rocha (1734–1819) and His 1782 Work on the
Determination of Comet Orbits- Authors: Fernando B. Figueiredo, João Fernandes
Pages: 461 - 481
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 461-481, November 2020.
In 1782 José Monteiro da Rocha, astronomer and professor at the University of Coimbra, presented, in a public session of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, a memoire on the problem of the determination of the orbits of comets. Only in 1799 would the “Determinação das Orbitas dos Cometas” (Determination of the orbits of comets) be published in the Academy’s memoires. In that work, Monteiro da Rocha presents a method for solving the problem of the determination of the parabolic orbit of a comet making use of three observations. Monteiro da Rocha’s method is essentially the same as the method proposed by Olbers and published under von Zach’s sponsorship 2 years before, in 1797. Having been written and published in Portuguese was certainly a hindrance for its dissemination among the international astronomical community. In this paper, we intend to present Monteiro da Rocha’s method and try to explain to what extent we can justify Gomes Teixeira’s assertion that Monteiro da Rocha and Olbers must figure together in the history of astronomy, as the first inventors of a practical and easy method for the determination of parabolic orbits of comets.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:31Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620947844
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Building the Standard Cosmological Model
- Authors: Helge Kragh
Pages: 482 - 483
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 482-483, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:33Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620954561
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- The Search for Dark Energy
- Authors: Connemara Doran
Pages: 483 - 485
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 483-485, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:32Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620965806
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Interdisciplinarity and Modern Cosmology
- Authors: Feraz Azhar
Pages: 485 - 486
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 485-486, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:30Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620945487
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Ideas on Stellar Agency and Life in Early Modern Europe
- Authors: Pietro Daniel Omodeo
Pages: 486 - 488
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 486-488, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:34Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620967448
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Speaking of Comets
- Authors: Miguel Ángel Granada
Pages: 488 - 490
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 488-490, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:31Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620958852
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Early Modern Comets and Printing
- Authors: Marion Gindhart
Pages: 490 - 492
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 490-492, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:31Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620968632
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Stars and Constellations in Medieval Manuscripts
- Authors: Elly Dekker
Pages: 492 - 493
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 492-493, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:33Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620954563
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Asteroids Around 1800
- Authors: Klaus-Dieter Herbst
Pages: 494 - 495
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 494-495, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:34Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620945414
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Instruments in the Library
- Authors: Liba Taub
Pages: 495 - 497
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 495-497, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:35Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620945413
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Astronomical Instruments in the Ottoman Empire
- Authors: Petra G. Schmidl
Pages: 497 - 499
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 497-499, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:31Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620943749
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Cumulative Index to Volumes 41-50
- Pages: 500 - 513
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 500-513, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:32Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620972198
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
- Index to Volume 51
- Pages: 514 - 518
Abstract: Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 514-518, November 2020.
Citation: Journal for the History of Astronomy
PubDate: 2020-11-18T06:16:30Z
DOI: 10.1177/0021828620975318
Issue No: Vol. 51, No. 4 (2020)
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