FRONT MATTER​

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Cover

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About the JAHH and the cover

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Contents

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PAPERS

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Is the Universe expanding? Fritz Zwicky and the early tired-light hypothesis

by Helge Kragh

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 2-12, 2017.

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Apianus’ latitude volvelles – how were they made?

by Lars Gilsén

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 13-20, 2017.

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Scientists of the Gwansang-gam. 1: Observers of Comet 1P/Halley in 1759

by Nha Il-Seong, Oh Wan-Tak, Oh Yong-Hae, and Nha Sarah

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 21-34, 2017.

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Cook, Green, Maskelyne and the 1769 transit of Venus: the legacy of the Tahitian observations

by Wayne Orchiston

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 35-68, 2017.

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The principal time balls of New Zealand

by Roger Kinns

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 69-94, 2017.

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The history of low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 7: Philip Hamilton, Raymond Haynes and the University of Tasmania’s Penna Field Station near Hobart

by Martin George, Wayne Orchiston, and Richard Wielebinski

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 95-111, 2017.

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Highlighting the history of Japanese radio astronomy. 5: The 1950 Osaka solar grating array proposal

by Harry Wendt, Wayne Orchiston, Masato Ishiguro, and Tsuko Nakamura

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 112-118, 2017.

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On the history of the Argument from Design in astronomy

by Alan H. Batten

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 119-125, 2017.

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Reception and dissemination of American amateur telescope making in Sweden

by Johan Kärnfelt

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 126-135, 2017.

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BOOK REVIEWS (all)

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Sternbilder des Mittelalters und der Renaissance: Der gemalte Himmel zwischen Wissenschaft und Phantasie - Volume 2, by Dieter Blume, Mechthild Haffner, and Wolfgang Metzger

by Marion Dolan

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 136-138, 2017.

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The Complex Itinerary of Leibniz’s Planetary Theory, by Paulo Bussotti

by Nicholas Rescher

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 138-139, 2017.

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Science: Antiquity & Its Legacy, by Philippa Lang

by Clifford J. Cunningham

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), pp. 140-142, 2017.

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The Invention of the Achromatic and Aplanatic Lens With Special Regard to the Role Played by Samuel Klingenstierna, by N.V.E. Nordenmark and Johan Nordström

by Wayne Orchiston

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 20(1), p. 142, 2017.

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