| Vol. 11 No. 1 |
Mar 2008 |
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| About the JAHH and the cover | Inside Cover |
| Contents | 1 |
| Papers from the Osterbrock Memorial Symposium |
| W.W. Morgan and the Discovery of the Spiral Arm Structure of our Galaxy
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William Sheehan | 3 |
| The Pleasures of the Vault | Anthony Misch | 22 |
| The 40-foot Solar Eclipse Camera of the Lick Observatory | John C. Pearson & Wayne Orchiston | 25 |
| Other Papers |
| Ancient Greek Heliocentric Views Hidden from Prevailing Beliefs? | Ioannis Liritzis, & Alexandra Coucouzeli | 39 |
| Milutin Milanković and the Reform of the Julian Calendar in 1923 | M.S. Dimitrijević, E. Th. Theodossiou, & P.Z. Mantarakis | 50 |
| The (Almost) Unseen Total Eclipse of 1831 | Ian R. Bartky | 55 |
| Molonglo Observatory: Building the Cross and MOST | Bruce McAdam | 63 |
| The Australian Solar Eclipse Expeditions of 1947 and 1949 | Harry Wendt, Wayne Orchiston, & Bruce Slee | 71 |
| Book Reviews (all) |
| Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London’s Leading Scientific Instrument Maker, by Anita McConnell | David Blank | 79 |
| Mission to Jupiter: A History of the Galileo Project, by Michael Meltzer | James Bryan | 79 |
| "...eine ausnehmende Zierde und Vortheil" - Geschichte der Kieler Universitätssternwarte und ihrer Vorgängerinnen 1770 - 1950, by Felix Lühning | Hilmar W. Duerbeck | 80 |
| Un Astronome des Lumières: Jérôme de Lalande, by Simone Dumont | Anita McConnell | 80 |
| Bearing the Heavens: Tycho Brahe an the Astronomical Community of the Late Sixteenth Century, by Adam Mosley | Günther Oestmann | 81 |
| One Time Fits All: The Campaign for Global Uniformity, by Ian R. Bartky | G.A. Wilkins | 82 |
| Cometography. A Catalogue of Comets. Volume 3: 1900-1932, by Gary W. Kronk | Wayne Orchiston | 83 |
| Advertisement: James Cook University | Inside Back Cover |
| Contents | Back Cover |
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| Vol. 11 No. 2 |
Jul 2008 |
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| About the JAHH and the cover | Inside Cover |
| Contents |
| Papers |
| The Origin and Meaning of Colourful Descriptions in Chinese Astronomical Records | Richard G. Strom | 87 |
| Cassini, Rømer, and the Velocity of Light | Laurence Bobis & James Lequeux | 97 |
| A Newly-discovered Accurate Early Drawing of M51, the Whirlpool Nebula | William Tobin, & J.B. Holberg | 107 |
| Ernesto Vasconcellos’ Astronomia Photographica: The Earliest Popular Book on Astronomical Photography? | Vitor Bonifácio, Isabel Malaquias, & João Fernandes | 116 |
| Rado Köveslighety’s Spectroscopic Work | Lajos G. Balázs, Magda Vargha, & Endre Zsoldos | 124 |
| The Hydrogen Abundance in Stars: A First Major Step for Quantitative Astrophysics | Davide Cenadelli | 134 |
| From Research Institution to Astronomical Museum: A History of the Stockholm Observatory | Steven Haywood Yaskell | 146 |
| A short History of Two Nineteenth Century German Instruments at the Bologna Observatory: The 16-cm Steinheil Refractor and the Ertel & Sohn Meridian Circle | Francesco Poppi, Fabrizio Bònoli, & Andrea Gualandi | 157 |
| Book Reviews (all) |
| Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography by Nick Kanas | Robert A. Garfinkle | 167 |
| Proxima: The Nearest Star (Other Than the Sun!), by I.S. Glass | Wayne Orchiston | 167 |
| James Van Allen: The First Billion Miles, by Abigail Foerstner | Robert A. Garfinkle | 168 |
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| Vol. 11 No. 3 |
Nov 2008 |
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| Contents | 171 |
| Christiansen Papers |
| W.N. Christiansen and the Development of the Solar Grating Array | Harry Wendt, Wayne Orchiston, & Bruce Slee | 173 |
| W.N. Christiansen and the Initial Australian Investigation of the 21cm Hydrogen Line |
Harry Wendt, Wayne Orchiston, & Bruce Slee | 185 |
| Reminiscences Regarding Professor R.N. Christiansen | Govind Swarup | 194 |
| Other Papers |
| The Earliest Telescope Preserved in Japan | Tsuko Nakamura | 203 |
| Ethnographic and Literary Reflections on Ancient Georgian Astronomical Heritage | I. Simonia, C. Ruggles, & R. Chagunava | 213 |
| Letters from Augustin Hallerstein, an Eighteenth Century Jesuit Astronomer in Beijing
| Stanislav Juznic | 219 |
| The Phantom Moon of Venus, 1645-1768 | Kurt Møller Pedersen, & Helge Kragh | 227 |
| William Herschel's Fifty-two Fields of Extensive Diffused Nebulosity – a Revision | Arndt Latusseck | 235 |
| Book Reviews (all) |
| Astronom in zwei Welten, by Dieter B. Herrmann | Hilmar W. Duerbeck | 247 |
| Der Wissenschaftsmacher: Reimar Lüst im Gespräch mit Paul Nolte, by David Pingree | Hilmar W. Duerbeck | 247 |
| Sternwarten: 95 astronomische Observatorien in aller Welt, by Stefan Binnewies, Wolfgang Steinicke, & Jens Moser | Hilmar W. Duerbeck | 248 |
| Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It, by Robert Zimmerman | Hilmar W. Duerbeck | 249 |
| Index to Volume 11 | 250 |
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