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Volume 28; Issue part-P1

Vistas in Astronomy

Volume 28; Issue part-P1

1

Editorial Board

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 93 KB

english, 1985

2

Meridians of reference in precopernican tables

Raymond P. Mercier

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 241 KB

english, 1985

3

Longitudes and meridians on French charts of the Mediterranean in the 17th and 18th centuries

Isabelle Raynaud-Nguyen

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

Language:

english

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PDF, 3.26 MB

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4

Guardians of Greenwich time

Beresford Hutchinson

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 3.55 MB

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5

The contribution of the mechanical clock to the improvement of navigation

Edoardo Proverbio

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 548 KB

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6

Inventing, introducing and objecting to standard time

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 419 KB

english, 1985

7

Before standard time: Distributing time in 19th-century America

Carlene E Stephens

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 360 KB

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8

Synodic period relations in Babylonian and Hellenistic astronomy

Kristian Peder Moesgaard

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 165 KB

english, 1985

9

International coordination and atomic time

Humphry M. Smith

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 386 KB

english, 1985

10

One hundred years of standard time in the United States, 1883–1983

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 33 KB

english, 1985

11

The Greenwich meridional instruments: (up to and including the Airy Transit Circle)

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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english, 1985

12

Greenwich meridian astronomy

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 601 KB

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13

The Hipparcos satellite

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 59 KB

english, 1985

14

Astronomy versus cartography: Late medieval longitudes

Jerzy Dobrzycki

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 51 KB

english, 1985

15

Alexander Dalrymple and John Arnold: Chronometers and the representation of longitude on east India company charts

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 561 KB

english, 1985

16

Geographic names from China on early western maps: An interpretation

Jonathan T. Lanman

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 2.41 MB

english, 1985

17

Portuguese and Spanish attempts to measure longitude in the 16th century

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 405 KB

english, 1985

18

The problem of longitude at sea in the 18th century in Spain

Antonio Lafuente, Manuel A. Sellés

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 563 KB

english, 1985

19

‘Greenwich time protected against foreign import.’ The attitude of the Post Office to time by Wireless

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 33 KB

english, 1985

20

Ancient geodesy: Achievement and corruption

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 863 KB

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21

Giuseppe Piazzi's survey of sicily: The chronicle of a dream

Giorgia Fodera' Serio, Pietro Nastasi

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 1.17 MB

english, 1985

22

The uncertainties of space and time

Kenneth R. Lang

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 569 KB

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23

The use of rockets to determine longitude

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 27 KB

english, 1985

24

The economic imperative

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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25

Pride and chauvinism in science

Robert L. Showen

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 218 KB

english, 1985

26

Sir George Airy (1801–1892) and the concept of international standards in science, timekeeping and navigation

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 522 KB

english, 1985

27

The accuracy of ephemerides, 1500–1800

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 275 KB

english, 1985

28

On the history of Kepler's equation

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 145 KB

english, 1985

29

Abridged multiplication — The architecture of Wilhelm Schickard's calculating machine of 1623

F.W. Kistermann

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 1.93 MB

english, 1985

30

Planetary observations at the Maraghah Observatory before 1275: A new set of parameters

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 40 KB

english, 1985

31

Richard Reeve — The ‘English Campani’ — And the origins of the London telescope-making tradition

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 707 KB

english, 1985

32

GMT in Belgium one hundred years ago

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 55 KB

english, 1985

33

Greenwich time in Manchester

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 75 KB

english, 1985

34

Old Scottish meridians

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 23 KB

english, 1985

35

The future of the history of astronomy: The space telescope history project

Robert W. Smith

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 121 KB

english, 1985

36

The Madras meridian

C.K. Ananthasubramaniam

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 118 KB

english, 1985

37

The observatories movement in India during the 17–18th centuries

S.M. Razaullah Ansari

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 386 KB

english, 1985

38

Conservation of the airy transit circle

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 34 KB

english, 1985

39

An astronomical interpretation of the frescoes in the Sala di Galatea in the Villa Farnesina, Rome

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 40 KB

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40

Introduction

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 95 KB

english, 1985

41

1884 and longitude zero

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 549 KB

english, 1985

42

Prime meridians in medieval Islamic astronomy

E.S. Kennedy, M.H. Regier

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 203 KB

english, 1985

43

Prime meridians used by Dutch navigators: A Survey of the prime meridians used by the Dutch for navigation and hydrography, prior to 1884

Willem F.J. Mörzer Bruyns

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 1.43 MB

english, 1985

44

The determination of early longitudes and base meridians in Hungary

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 2.64 MB

english, 1985

45

Charles Henry Davis, the foundation of the American Nautical Almanac, and the establishment of an American prime meridian

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 416 KB

english, 1985

46

Time for the astronomer 1484–1884

William J.H. Andrewes

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 3.00 MB

english, 1985

47

Meridian astronomy in the private and university observatories of the United Kingdom: Rise and fall

David W. Dewhirst

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 2.50 MB

english, 1985

48

The geodetic link between the Greenwich and Paris Observatories in 1787

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 1.10 MB

english, 1985

49

Cassini's meridian

Suzanne Débarbat

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 2.30 MB

english, 1985

50

Influence of Flemish cartographers on the geometrical aspect of map-making in the Renaissance

U.L.W. Van Twembeke

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 287 KB

english, 1985

51

The adoption of the Greenwich meridian by the British map trade

Christopher Terrell

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 343 KB

english, 1985

52

The longitude and the new science

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 558 KB

english, 1985

53

Captain Ortiz-Canelas, a typical Spanish naval astronomer in the early 19th century

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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english, 1985

54

The Ordnance Survey and the Greenwich meridian

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 2.65 MB

english, 1985

55

France, Britain and the resolution of the longitude problem in the 18th century

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 305 KB

english, 1985

56

International cooperation in monitoring the rotation of the Earth

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Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 465 KB

english, 1985

57

Toronto Magnetic Observatory and international science ca 1850

Gregory A. Good

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 1.79 MB

english, 1985

58

The establishment of the U.S. Naval Observatory

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

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english

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PDF, 2.13 MB

english, 1985

59

Construction and scientific activities of the new Vienna observatory 1870–1900

Maria G. Firneis

Journal:

Vistas in Astronomy

Year:

1985

Language:

english

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PDF, 224 KB

english, 1985