Astrophysics and space science library, Dec 9, 2015
Ronald A. McIntosh was an Auckland amateur astronomer who made a significant contribution to mete... more Ronald A. McIntosh was an Auckland amateur astronomer who made a significant contribution to meteor astronomy from the late-1920s through to the mid-1940s and became a leading authority on Southern Hemisphere meteor streams. But he also pursued telescopic astronomy, with emphasis on the planet Jupiter, and he independently discovered a comet in 1941. When his observing days ended McIntosh then focused his efforts on astronomical education and the development of astronomical societies.
Astrophysics and space science library, Dec 9, 2015
During the 1840s, soon after the initial European settlement of Port Nicholson, Wellington gained... more During the 1840s, soon after the initial European settlement of Port Nicholson, Wellington gained its first scientific astronomers, and these included the surveyors R. Sheppard and W.M. Smith. The early settlers also included J.H. Marriott, who had trained as a scientific instrument-maker in England, but there is little evidence that he practised this trade once he reached New Zealand.
Throughout Southeast Asia, over the centuries the original traditional local astronomical knowled... more Throughout Southeast Asia, over the centuries the original traditional local astronomical knowledge has been subjected to varying degrees of Chinese, Indian, Islamic and Western influences. In this chapter we will overview the astronomical traditions in Mainland Southeast Asia and island Southeast Asia, and identify their foreign elements. Vietnamese astronomy was largely influenced by Chinese astronomy. Other areas of Mainland Southeast Asia were influenced by Chinese and Indian astronomy, and the Indian influence was sometimes substantial. Island Southeast Asia was influenced mainly by Indian astronomy and Islamic astronomy. As Southeast Asian astronomy has its special features, it is necessary to compare it carefully with foreign astronomy, and we shall see that there are various examples of what we refer to as ‘multiplex astronomy’.
Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand, May 1, 1976
... Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney. 1975. Maori mater... more ... Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney. 1975. Maori material culture change in Early Protohistoric New Zealand: the greenstone trade at Queen Charlotte Sound. The Artefact 39: 40-77. MS. ... Page 7. ORCHIsToN-Gawler Downs Tuff 219 ...
... III, The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, Cambridge 1967, part II, pp. 798-9... more ... III, The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, Cambridge 1967, part II, pp. 798-9. Cook also records Page 8. 526 D. WAYNE ORCHISTON AND LINLEY C. HORROGKS ... Tayweherooa',28 is recorded by Samwell: . . . ...
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Dec 1, 2006
... He was elected a member ofthe Association on 1961 April26, when he wasliving in Hatfield as a... more ... He was elected a member ofthe Association on 1961 April26, when he wasliving in Hatfield as a young teenager. ... In 1992 he was awarded the Merlin Medal and Gift (along with the writer) in recognition of our observations and analysis of the occultation by Titan of the bright star ...
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Pre-European Astronomy in the Pacific.- Chapter 2: The Skies ov... more Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Pre-European Astronomy in the Pacific.- Chapter 2: The Skies over Aotearoa/New Zealand.- Chapter 3: Mahutonga.- Part II: Cook Voyage Astronomy and New Zealand.- Chapter 4: Astronomy on Cook's First Voyage.- Chapter 5: Astronomy on Cook's Second Voyage.- Chapter 6: Astronomy on Cook's Third Voyage.- Part III: Fundamental Astronomy.- Chapter 7: The 'Cook' Gregorian Telescope in The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.- Chapter 8: Stephen Carkeek, the Wellington Time Ball, and New Zealand's Oldest 'Surviving' Observatory.- Chapter 9: The Historic Astronomical Observatories in the Wellington Botanic Garden.- Chapter 10: The Thames Observatory of John Grigg.- Chapter 11: The Wanganui Refractor and its Remarkable English Equatorial Mounting.- Chapter 12: Joseph Ward.- Chapter 13: From Crossley to Carter.- Part IV: Transits of Venus.- Chapter 14: The 1874 and 1882 Transits of Venus.- Chapter 15: Refining the Astronomical Unit.- Part V: Stunning Spectacles.- Chapter 16: An Amazing Public Spectacle.- Chapter 17: John Grigg and the Genesis of Cometary Astronomy in New Zealand.- Chapter 18: C.J. Westland and Comet C/1914 S1 (Campbell).- Chapter 19: A Catholic Approach to Astronomy.- Part VI: Other Notable Astronomers and Their Activities.- Chapter 20: Great Comets, and Wellington's Earliest European Astronomers.- Chapter 21: Henry Severn.- Chapter 22: John Grigg and his Pioneering Astronomical Photography.- Part VII: Opening a New Window on the Universe.- Chapter 23: Dr Elizabeth Alexander and the Mysterious 'Norfolk Island Effect'.- Ch 24: John Bolton, Gordon Stanley, Bruce Slee and the Riddle of the 'Radio Stars'.- Index.
Astrophysics and space science library, Dec 9, 2015
Ronald A. McIntosh was an Auckland amateur astronomer who made a significant contribution to mete... more Ronald A. McIntosh was an Auckland amateur astronomer who made a significant contribution to meteor astronomy from the late-1920s through to the mid-1940s and became a leading authority on Southern Hemisphere meteor streams. But he also pursued telescopic astronomy, with emphasis on the planet Jupiter, and he independently discovered a comet in 1941. When his observing days ended McIntosh then focused his efforts on astronomical education and the development of astronomical societies.
Astrophysics and space science library, Dec 9, 2015
During the 1840s, soon after the initial European settlement of Port Nicholson, Wellington gained... more During the 1840s, soon after the initial European settlement of Port Nicholson, Wellington gained its first scientific astronomers, and these included the surveyors R. Sheppard and W.M. Smith. The early settlers also included J.H. Marriott, who had trained as a scientific instrument-maker in England, but there is little evidence that he practised this trade once he reached New Zealand.
Throughout Southeast Asia, over the centuries the original traditional local astronomical knowled... more Throughout Southeast Asia, over the centuries the original traditional local astronomical knowledge has been subjected to varying degrees of Chinese, Indian, Islamic and Western influences. In this chapter we will overview the astronomical traditions in Mainland Southeast Asia and island Southeast Asia, and identify their foreign elements. Vietnamese astronomy was largely influenced by Chinese astronomy. Other areas of Mainland Southeast Asia were influenced by Chinese and Indian astronomy, and the Indian influence was sometimes substantial. Island Southeast Asia was influenced mainly by Indian astronomy and Islamic astronomy. As Southeast Asian astronomy has its special features, it is necessary to compare it carefully with foreign astronomy, and we shall see that there are various examples of what we refer to as ‘multiplex astronomy’.
Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand, May 1, 1976
... Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney. 1975. Maori mater... more ... Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney. 1975. Maori material culture change in Early Protohistoric New Zealand: the greenstone trade at Queen Charlotte Sound. The Artefact 39: 40-77. MS. ... Page 7. ORCHIsToN-Gawler Downs Tuff 219 ...
... III, The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, Cambridge 1967, part II, pp. 798-9... more ... III, The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, Cambridge 1967, part II, pp. 798-9. Cook also records Page 8. 526 D. WAYNE ORCHISTON AND LINLEY C. HORROGKS ... Tayweherooa',28 is recorded by Samwell: . . . ...
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Dec 1, 2006
... He was elected a member ofthe Association on 1961 April26, when he wasliving in Hatfield as a... more ... He was elected a member ofthe Association on 1961 April26, when he wasliving in Hatfield as a young teenager. ... In 1992 he was awarded the Merlin Medal and Gift (along with the writer) in recognition of our observations and analysis of the occultation by Titan of the bright star ...
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Pre-European Astronomy in the Pacific.- Chapter 2: The Skies ov... more Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Pre-European Astronomy in the Pacific.- Chapter 2: The Skies over Aotearoa/New Zealand.- Chapter 3: Mahutonga.- Part II: Cook Voyage Astronomy and New Zealand.- Chapter 4: Astronomy on Cook's First Voyage.- Chapter 5: Astronomy on Cook's Second Voyage.- Chapter 6: Astronomy on Cook's Third Voyage.- Part III: Fundamental Astronomy.- Chapter 7: The 'Cook' Gregorian Telescope in The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.- Chapter 8: Stephen Carkeek, the Wellington Time Ball, and New Zealand's Oldest 'Surviving' Observatory.- Chapter 9: The Historic Astronomical Observatories in the Wellington Botanic Garden.- Chapter 10: The Thames Observatory of John Grigg.- Chapter 11: The Wanganui Refractor and its Remarkable English Equatorial Mounting.- Chapter 12: Joseph Ward.- Chapter 13: From Crossley to Carter.- Part IV: Transits of Venus.- Chapter 14: The 1874 and 1882 Transits of Venus.- Chapter 15: Refining the Astronomical Unit.- Part V: Stunning Spectacles.- Chapter 16: An Amazing Public Spectacle.- Chapter 17: John Grigg and the Genesis of Cometary Astronomy in New Zealand.- Chapter 18: C.J. Westland and Comet C/1914 S1 (Campbell).- Chapter 19: A Catholic Approach to Astronomy.- Part VI: Other Notable Astronomers and Their Activities.- Chapter 20: Great Comets, and Wellington's Earliest European Astronomers.- Chapter 21: Henry Severn.- Chapter 22: John Grigg and his Pioneering Astronomical Photography.- Part VII: Opening a New Window on the Universe.- Chapter 23: Dr Elizabeth Alexander and the Mysterious 'Norfolk Island Effect'.- Ch 24: John Bolton, Gordon Stanley, Bruce Slee and the Riddle of the 'Radio Stars'.- Index.
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