RECENT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY

[Distributed first as attachment to HAD News No. 43, Feb. 1998. Also published in Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1998, p. 79-88. - Covers literature published between 1988 and 1998.]

Aratus Solensis. Phaenomena. Edited with introduction, translation and commentary by Douglas Kidd. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. xxiii, 590 p. illus. (Cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 34)

Greek and English on facing pages.

Barbree, Jay, Martin Caidin, and Susan G. Wright. Destination Mars: in art, myth, and science. New York, Penguin Studio, 1997. 228 p. illus. (part col.), facsims. (part col.), ports. (part col.)

Mars through human history from antiquity to the present, as well as plans and ideas for the future.

Beckman, Olof. Ångström, father and son. Uppsala, 1997. 44 p. illus. (part col.), ports. (part col.) (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. C, Organisation och historia, 60)

About Anders Jonas and Knut Ångström.

Brack-Bernsen, Lis. Zur Entstehung der babylonischen Mondtheorie; Beobachtung und theoretische Berechnung von Mondphasen. Stuttgart, F. Steiner, 1997. 142 p. illus. (Boethius, Bd. 40)

Casanova, Giacomo. Prosopopea Ecaterina II und Istanza; zwei unbekannte Texte von Giacomo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798). Kritische Ausgabe der italienischen Handschriften aus dem Casanova-Nachlass in Mnichovo Hradisté (Tschechische Republik). Einführung, Anmerkungen und deutsche Übersetzung von Enrico Straub. Frankfurt am Main, New York, P. Lang, 1993. 175 p. facsims. (Documents casanoviens, cahier no. 4)

The second letter is a discourse on the Gregorian reform of the calendar, with a recommendation that the empress consider adopting it for Russia.

The editor states that this letter is the earliest surviving record of Casanova's lifelong interest in astronomical and mathematical problems, particularly those relating to the calendar.

Chevalier, Jacques M. A postmodern Revelation: signs of astrology and the Apocalypse. Toronto, Buffalo, N.Y., University of Toronto Press, 1997. 415 p. facsims.

"This book explores the confrontation between and downfall of two modes of storytelling in Western history: astrology and eschatology--hence, divination and prophecy, or the cult of stars and the visions of Revelation."

Cook, Sir Alan H. Edmond Halley: charting the heavens and the seas. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998. xvi, 540 p., [16] p. of plates. illus., facsims., maps, ports.

Crosby, Alfred W. The measure of reality: quantification and Western society, 1250-1600. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. 245 p. illus., facsims., port.

See particularly chapters 4-6, "Time," "Space," and "Mathematics."

Dadic {Dadi\'c}, Zarko {\v{Z}arko}. Herman Dalmatin; Hermann of Dalmatia; Hermannus Dalmata. Prijevod na engleski/English translation, Janko Paravic {Paravi\'c}. Zagreb, Skolska {\v{S}kolska} knjiga, 1996. 211 p. illus. (part col.), facsims. (part col.), maps (part col.), ports. (part col.)

Croatian and English on facing pages.

"Djela prijevodi Hermana Dalmatina"; "Works and Translations of Hermann of Dalmatia": p. 200-205.

Esposito, Mario. Irish books and learning in mediaeval Europe. Edited by Michael Lapidge. Aldershot, Hants, Variorum, 1990. [312], 9 p. facsim. (Collected studies series, CS313)

Partial contents: 7. An unpublished astronomical treatise by the Irish monk Dicuil (1907).--8. A ninth-century astronomical treatise (1920).

Additions and corrections to essay no. 7 appear in an addendum to essay no. 12, "Note on a Ninth Century Commentary on Martianus Capella" (1910).

Friedman, Anna F. Awestruck by the majesty of the heavens. Artistic perspectives from the history of astronomy collection, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago. Chicago, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 1997. 39 p. facsims. (part col.), ports.

Catalog of an exhibition held Jan. 18-Mar. 23, 1997, at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Hashimoto, Keizo. Hsü Kuang-ch'i and astronomical reform; the process of the Chinese acceptance of western astronomy, 1629-1635. Osaka, Kansai University Press, 1988. 240 p., 1 fold. leaf of plates. illus., facsims.

Contents: ch. 1. Hsü Kuang-ch'i: the organizer of the astronomical reform.--ch. 2. The meaning of the Tychonic world system.--ch. 3. The introduction of the Galilean invention and Keplerian optics.--ch. 4. Astronomical instruments and observations.

Hawley, John F., and Katherine A. Holcomb. Foundations of modern cosmology. New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. 506 p. illus., ports.

Contents: pt. 1. History.--pt. 2. Background.--pt. 3. Relativity.--pt. 4. The big bang.--pt. 5. The continuing quest.

Hentschel, Klaus. The Einstein Tower: an intertexture of dynamic construction, relativity theory, and astronomy. Translated by Ann M. Hentschel. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1997. xiv, 226 p. illus., facsims., plans, ports. (Writing science)

Translation of his Der Einstein-Turm (Heidelberg, Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag, 1992), cited in H.A.D. News no. 28.

Kepler, Johann. Passage de Mercure sur le soleil; suivi de L'origine des races d'après Moïse. Avec la préf. de Frisch. Traduit pour la première fois du latin en français, avec un avertissement et des notes, par Jean Peyroux. Bordeaux, J. Peyroux; Paris, Diffusion A. Blanchard, 1995. 108 p. illus.

Includes also two letters from Pierre Gassendi concerning a transit of Mercury seen, and a transit of Venus not seen, by the inhabitants of Paris in 1631.

Kozenko, A. V. Artur Stenli Eddington {\.Eddington}, 1882-1944. Otv. redaktor, A. A. Gurshtein {Gurshte\u{\i}n}. Moskva, "Nauka," 1997. 143 p. illus., ports. (Seriia "Nauchno-biograficheskaia literatura")

A chronology of Eddington's life and work appears on p. 116-117, and a chronological listing of his publications, on p. 118-123.

McCleary, Timothy P. The stars we know; Crow Indian astronomy and lifeways. Prospect Heights, Ill., Waveland Press, 1997. xxii, 127 p. illus., charts, map, ports.

Contents: Stars and constellations of the Crow.--Farrer, C. R. Foreword.--Old Horn, D. D. Prologue.--Acknowledgments.--Crow language alphabet and pronunciation guide.--ch. 1. Our side.--ch. 2. The Crow people and the stars.--ch. 3. The bright star.--ch. 4. Planets: the unpredictable stars.--ch. 5. The twins and the Hand Star.--ch. 6. The seven stars.--ch. 7. The sweatlodge and the stars.--ch. 8. Moving lights of the night.--ch. 9. The sun, the moon, and the Milky Way.--ch. 10. In the company of stars.--Appendix. Crow star names of unidentified constellations.--Further reading.--Farrer, C. R. Study guide.

Chapter 3, "The Bright Star," was first published in the North Dakota Quarterly, v. 63, fall 1996, p. 104-112.

McCluskey, Stephen C. Astronomies and cultures in early medieval Europe. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1998. xiv, 235 p. illus., facsims., plan.

Mayaud, Pierre N. La condamnation des livres coperniciens et sa revocation à la lumière de documents inédits des Congrégations de l'Index et de l'Inquisition. Roma, Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 1997. 352 p. (Miscellanea historiae pontificiae, v. 64)

Contents: ptie. 1. La mise à l'Index.--ptie. 2. La période intermediaire.--ptie. 3. Le retrait de l'Index.--ptie. 4. Après le retrait.

Mett, Rudolf. Regiomontanus, Wegbereiter des neuen Weltbildes. Stuttgart, G. B. Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft, 1996. 204 p. illus., facsims., ports. (Einblicke in die Wissenschaft. Wissenschaftsgeschichte)

Contents: Herkunft und Familie.--Die Leipziger Zeit.--An der Alma Mater Rudolfina in Wien.--Italienische Renaissance.--Das ungarische Spiel.--In der Reichsstadt Nürnberg.--Das Ende in Rom.--Regiomontanus und Kolumbus.--Seine Wirkung auf die Nachwelt.

Parisot, Jean P., and Françoise Suagher. Calendriers et chronologie. Paris, Masson, 1996. 209 p. illus. (Collection De caelo)

Contents: 1. ptie. L'astronomie des calendriers.--2. ptie. Calendriers d'ici.--3. ptie. Calendriers d'ailleurs.

Pierantoni, Ruggero. Monologo sulle stelle; forme della luce dalle origini alle fini dei mondi antichi. Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1994. 423 p., [16] p. of plates. illus. (part col.), plans. (Saggi)

Problemy prostranstva, vremeni, tiagoteniia. Sbornik nauchnykh statei {state\u{\i}}. Po materialam III Mezhdunarodnoi {Mezhdunarodno\u{\i}} konferentsii, 22-27 maia 1994 g., Rossiia, Sankt-Peterburg. 3. Klassicheskaia mekhanika i astronomiia. Sankt-Peterburg, Politekhnika, 1995. p. 207-219.

Partial contents: Nevskaia, N. I. "Repressirovannoe" izdanie "Nachal" Niutona.--Nevskaia, N. I. I. Niuton i Peterburgskaia Akademiia Nauk (XVIII v.).--Tolchelnikova-Murri, S. A. Zakon vsemirnogo tiagoteniia i absoliutnaia sistema koordinat.--Nefedev, IU. A., L. I. Rakhimov, N. G. Rizvanov, and R. R. Shaimukhametov {Sha\u{\i}mukhametov}. Efemeridy luny i shkala ravnomernogo vremeni v astronomii.--Zlotnikov, L. M. Drevnie printsipy kvantovaniia mer prostranstva, vremeni i massy.--Tolchelnikova-Murri, S. A., and M. V. Zinchenko. K probleme ucheta aberratsii sveta.

Puig-Samper, Miguel Á., and Francisco Pelayo López. El viaje del astrónomo y naturalista Louis Feuillée a las Islas Canarias (1724). Seguido de la transcripción y traducción del manuscrito "Historia antigua y moderna de las Islas Canarias", redactado por Louis Feuillée. Prólogo: Arnoldo Santos Guerra. Avec le concours de la Bibliothèque Centrale du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris. La Laguna, Tenerife, Centro de la Cultura Popular Canaria, 1997. 207 p. facsims., maps, port. (Taller de historia, 21)

Contents: Prólogo de Arnoldo Santos Guerra.--cap. 1. Apuntes biográfricos y viajes científicos de Louis Feuillée.--cap. 2. El viaje a Canarias en 1724 de Louis Feuillée.--cap. 3. La repercusión de las observaciones astronómicas realizadas en Canarias.--Apéndice. Feuillée, L. Historia antigua y moderna de las Islas Canarias. Feuillée, L. Histoire ancienne et moderne des Isles Canaries.

Includes discussion of the achievement of a more precise measurement of the distance between the meridian of Hierro (Ferro) and that of Paris.

Reeves, Eileen A. Painting the heavens: art and science in the age of Galileo. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1997. 310 p., [8] p. of plates. illus. (part col.), col. ports.

Sheynin, Oscar. The history of the theory of errors. Egelsbach, Hänsel-Hohenhausen, 1996. 180 p. illus. (Deutsche Hochschulschriften, 1118)

Spandagos, Vangeles {Vangel\=es}, Roula Spandagou, and Despoina Traulou. Hoi astronomoi tes {t\=es} archaias Helladas; viografika stoicheia kai ergasies ton {t\=on} astronomon {astronom\=on} tes {t\=es} archaias Helladas apo to 1500 p.Ch. heos {h\=eos} to 500 m.Ch. Athna {Athna}, "Aithra" [1996?] 343 p. illus., facsims., maps, ports.

Arrangement of the biographical sketches is chronological, with an alphabetical name index.

Stern, Alan, and Jacqueline Mitton. Pluto and Charon: ice worlds on the ragged edge of the solar system. New York, J. Wiley, 1998. 216 p. illus., ports.

"A Chronology of Major Events in the Exploration of Pluto & Charon": p. 207-208.

Tistrya {Ti\v{s}trya}. [A cura di Antonio Panaino] 1. The Avestan hymn to Sirius. Roma, Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1990. xix, 157 p. (Serie Orientale Roma, 68)

Turner, Howard R. Science in medieval Islam, an illustrated introduction. Austin, University of Texas Press, 1997. xviii, 262 p. illus., facsims., maps, plans.

Partial contents: 4. Cosmology: the universes of Islam.--5. Mathematics: native tongue of science.--6. Astronomy.--7. Astrology: scientific non-science.

Varisco, Daniel M. Medieval folk astronomy and agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen. Aldershot, Hants, Brookfield, Vt., Ashgate Variorum, 1997. [331], 7 p. illus. (Variorum collected studies series, CS585)

Partial contents: pt. 1. Arab folk astronomy. 1. The origin of the Anwa' {\it Anw\=a'} in Arab tradition (1991). 2. The Anwa' {\it Anw\=a'} stars according to Abu {Ab\=u} Ishaq {Is\d{h}\=aq} al-Zajjaj {al-Zajj\=aj} (1989). 3. The rain periods in pre-Islamic Arabia.--pt. 2. Traditional Yemeni agriculture. 9. The agricultural marker stars in Yemeni folklore (1993). 11. Agricultural time reckoning in the Urjuza {Urj\=uza} of Hasan {\d{H}asan} al-'Affari {al-'Aff\=ari}: a study on the Yemeni agricultural almanac (1989).--pt. 3. Medieval Yemeni agriculture. 14. An anonymous 14th century almanac from Rasulid Yemen (1994). [English translation followed by Arabic text] 15. A Rasulid agricultural almanac for 808/1405-6 (l993).

Walz, Eberhard. Johannes Kepler Leomontanus, "Gehorsamer Underthan vnd Burgerssohn von Löwenberg." Leonberg, Stadtarchiv Leonberg, 1994. 139 p. illus., facsims., maps, ports. (Beiträge zur Stadtgeschichte, 3)

Weiss, Richard J. A brief history of light and those that lit the way. Singapore, River Edge, N.J., World Scientific, 1996. 176 p. (Series in popular science, v. 1)

Zabierowski, Miroslaw {Miros{\l}aw}. Wszechswiat {Wszech\'swiat} i kopernikanizm. Wroclaw {Wroc{\l}aw}, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wroclawskiej {Wroc{\l}awskiej}, 1997. 130 p.

Articles, Including Essays in Books and Papers in Proceedings

Abhyankar, Krishna D. Some reminiscences of an astrophysicist. In Indian Physical Society diamond jubilee (1934-94): 60 years. Souvenir. Calcutta, Indian Physical Society [1994?] p. 33-34 (2d group)

The Airy Altazimuth. Astronomy & geophysics, v. 38, Aug./Sept. 1997: 7. illus.

"This year marks the 150th anniversary of a major instrument at the Greenwich Observatory ..."

Arnau, Arturo, Iñaki Tuñón, and Estanislao Silla. The discovery of the chemistry among the stars. Journal of chemical education, v. 72, Sept. 1995: 776-781. illus.

Beckwith, Roger T. The Essene calendar and the moon: a reconsideration. Revue de Qumrân, t. 15, mars 1992: 457-466.

Beckwith, Roger T. The Temple Scroll and its calendar: their character and purpose. Revue de Qumrân, t. 18, avril 1997: 3-19.

Begley, Sharon, and Theodore Gideonse. When the comet flew through ancient evenings. Newsweek, v. 129, Mar. 24, 1997: 42-47. col. illus.

"As soon as astronomers calculated that Hale-Bopp last visited 3,210 years ago, archeologists scurried to scrutinize steles, hieroglyphics and Chinese oracle bones for some sign that ancient civilizations had noted the apparition. The result: not a shred of evidence that anyone observed the last coming. But researchers blame that on the skimpiness of the historical record rather than the obliviousness of our ancestors. Now scientists are taking a more roundabout route to determining the comet's role in history. Heirs to a century's worth of stunning archeological finds that shed new light on the dawn of civilization, they are re-examining long-forgotten finds in an attempt to wring new answers from the old relics. Namely, how did ancient peoples react to the comet? And--going out on a limb--how did it change the course of history?"

Bonk, Thomas. Newtonian gravity, quantum discontinuity and the determination of theory by evidence. Synthese, v. 112, July 1997: 53-73.

"It is suggested that demonstrative induction is a computational step in fitting a theoretical model and a set of phenomena, with little direct confirmational impact. The thesis of undetermination, whatever one may think of it, is not threatened by demonstrative induction."

Brague, Rémi. Cosmological mysticism: the imitation of the heavenly bodies in Ibn Tufayl's Hayy ibn Yaqzan. Graduate faculty philosophy journal, v. 19, no. 2/v. 20, no. 1, 1997: 91-102.

Brand, Peter W. J. L. The Revd Dr David Emerson, 1943-1996. Astronomy & geophysics, v. 38, Aug./Sept. 1997: 38. col. port.

Bronshten {Bronsht\.en}, Vitalii {Vitali\u{\i}} A. Russian astronomers in Turkmenia. Science in Russia, Jan./Feb. 1996: 46-49. illus., ports.

Brück, Mary T. An astronomical love affair. In Stars, shells and bluebells: women scientists and pioneers. Dublin, WITS, Women in Technology and Science, 1997. p. 76-83. illus., port.

"Lady Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848-1915): a thirty-year collaboration with her husband William Huggins laid the foundations for the development of astrophysics."

Brück, Mary T. Bringing the heavens down to earth. In Stars, shells and bluebells: women scientists and pioneers. Dublin, WITS, Women in Technology and Science, 1997. p. 66-74. ports.

"Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907): an expositor whose writings explained and promoted astronomy; her 'History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century' is still indispensable."

Includes a box, "Torch-bearing women astronomers" (p. 70-71).

Burton, Michael G. Evolution in the nucleus: a review of David Allen's research into the nature of the Galactic Centre. In International Astronomical Union. Symposium, 169th, The Hague, 1994. Unsolved problems of the Milky Way. Proceedings of the 169th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in The Hague, the Netherlands, August 23-29, 1994. Edited by Leo Blitz and Peter Teuben. Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. p. 205-214. illus. (part col.)

A list of Allen's writings on the galactic center appears on p. 212-213.

The color illustrations are found on p. xx of the volume.

Capaccioli, Massimo. Leonida Rosino (1915-1997). Giornale di astronomia, v. 23, sett. 1997: 2. port.

Carvalho, Rómulo de. João Chevalier, astrónomo português do século XVIII. In his Actividades científicas em Portugal no século XVIII. Évora, Universidade de Évora, 1996. p. 267-321.

The "Apéndice documental" presents correspondence and observations sent by Father Chevalier to J. N. de L'Isle, from the archives of the Observatoire de Paris.

First published in the Memórias of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Ciências, t. 32, 1992/93, p. 297-351.

Chabás, José. Le cahier d'astronomie d'un croisier du XV^e siècle. Nuncius, anno 12, fasc. 1, 1997: 3-16.

"Manuscript 354C of the University of Liege is an astronomical notebook, most probably put together between 1423 and 1430. It contains treatises and astronomical tables, lists of numerical data, numerous astrological squares and notes on various astronomical problems. The author of the notebook is an astronomical practitioner, a 'croisier' at the Convent of Huy (Liege) who, in his notebook, allows his interests, the problems that he considered and the methods used to tackle them to be seen."

Chakraborty, A. K. Bengal school of astronomy. In Asiatic Society, Calcutta. Journal, v. 37, no. 2, 1995: 5-17.

Das Gupta, M. K. A radio astronomer by luck. In Indian Physical Society diamond jubilee (1934-94): 60 years. Souvenir. Calcutta, Indian Physical Society [1994?] p. 18-22 (2d group)

Débarbat, Suzanne V. Discoveries in the solar system. In IAU Colloquium, 165th, Poznan {Pozna\'n}, 1996. Dynamics and astrometry of natural and artificial celestial bodies. Proceedings of IAU Colloquium l65, Pozna, Poland, July 1-5, 1996. Edited by I. M. Wytrzyszczak, J. H. Lieske, R. A. Feldman. Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. p. 133-140.

"The subject of IAU Colloquium 165 and the year 1996, which is the 150^th anniversary of the discovery of the planet Neptune, give the opportunity to recall facts which have led to the discovery of three new major planets in the Solar System."

Dick, Steven J. The biophysical cosmology: the place of bioastronomy in the history of science. In International Conference on Bioastronomy, 5th, Capri, 1996. Astronomical and biochemical origins and the search for life in the universe. Proceedings of the 5th International conference on bioastronomy, IAU Colloquium no. 161, Capri, July 1-5, 1996. Edited by Cristiano Batalli Cosmovici, Stuart Bowyer, Dan Werthimer. Bologna, Editrice Compositori, 1997. p. 785-788.

Dinis, Alfredo. Astrologia e profecia no pensamento do P. António Vieira. Brotéria, v. 145, out./nov. 1997: 347-360.

Federspiel, Michel. Notes sur le traité aristotélicien Du ciel. Revue des études anciennes, t. 97, no 3/4, 1995: 505-516.

"The first part is devoted to textual remarks on the text provided by P. Moraux. The second consists in exegetical notes, mainly on scientific passages."

Feuerstein, Georg, Subhash C. Kak, and David Frawley. Vedic myths and their astronomical basis. In their In search of the cradle of civilization; new light on ancient India. Wheaton, Ill., Quest Books, 1995. p. 229-248. illus.

Fischer, Daniel. Jürgen H. Rahe + {\dagger}. Sterne und Weltraum, 36. Jahrg., Nr. 10, 1997: 825.

French, Bevan M. Memorial: Eugene M. Shoemaker (1928-1997). Meteoritics & planetary science, v. 32, Nov. 1997: 985-986. port.

Frontón Simón, Isabel M. El calendario medieval de San Pedro de Treviño (Burgos). Boletín del Museo e Instituto "Camón Aznar," no. 52, 1993: 169-188. illus.

Sculptures depicting signs of the zodiac and agricultural activities associated with various months adorn the archivolts of the church's portal.

See also the study by Margarita Ruiz Maldonado, cited below.

Gingerich, Owen. The world's greatest rare astronomy libraries. AB bookman's weekly, v. 100, Oct. 27, 1997: 1022, 1024, 1026, 1028. illus., port.

Golub, Leon, and Jay M. Pasachoff. Brief history of coronal studies. In their The solar corona. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. p. 22-49. illus., facsim., maps.

Green, Daniel W. E. Robert Burnham, Jr. (1931-1993). International comet quarterly, v. 19, Oct. 1997: 221.

Greiner, Jochen. Laudation. In IAU Colloquium, 151st, Sonneberg, Thuringia, 1994. Flares and flashes. Proceedings of IAU Colloquium no. 151, held in Sonneberg, Germany, 5-9 December 1994. Berlin, New York, Springer, 1995. (Lecture notes in physics, 454) p. xviii-xxii. ports.

Reviews the careers, devoted to the discovery and study of variable stars, of Wolfgang Wenzel and Gerold Richter, and concludes with comments on the unhappy results of reunification for the Sonneberg Observatory and its staff.

Griffith, R. Drew. Homeric diipeteos potamoio {\delta\iota\iota\pi\epsilon\tau\epsilono\zeta \pio\tau\alpha\muo\iotao} and the celestial Nile. American journal of philology, v. 118, fall 1997: 353-362.

Questions the usual explanation of the Homeric phrase and argues in support of its derivation from the ancient Egyptian concept of the celestial Nile, which "by day was the course along which the sun god, Ra, traveled in his barque (m'ndt), and by night was visible as the Milky Way."

Halbronn, Jacques. Le diptyque astrologique d'Abraham Ibn Ezra et les cycles planétaires du Liber Rationum. Revue des études juives, t. 155, janv./juin 1996: 171-184.

Hannah, Robert. Is it a bird? Is it a star? Ovid's Kite--and the first swallow of spring. Latomus, t. 56, avril/juin 1997: 327-342. charts.

"The aim of this paper is to examine the reference to the apparently fictitious constellation of the kite in the Fasti ... In the process it shall be seen that there are also grounds for suggesting that the proverbial sighting of the first swallow of spring ... may well have been intended at an early period also as a star-sighting."

Heinlein, Dieter. Nachruf: Dr. Eugene Shoemaker. Sterne und Weltraum, 36. Jahrg., Nr. 10, 1997: 898. col. port.

Herbig, George H. The contributions of the Böhms to stellar and circumstellar astrophysics. In Stellar and circumstellar astrophysics. Proceedings of a conference held at the University of Washington, 9-11 September 1993, in honor of the 70th birthdays of Karl-Heinz Böhm and Erika Böhm-Vitense. Edited by George Wallerstein and Alberto Noriega-Crespo. San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1994. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series, v. 57) p. 3-11. illus.

A photograph of the Böhms at Lick Observatory in 1955 appears on p. vi of the volume.

Howse, H. Derek, and C. Andrew Murray. Lieutenant Cook and the transit of Venus, 1769. Astronomy & geophysics, v. 38, Aug./Sept. 1997: 27-30. illus. (part col.), facsims.

Huebner, Walter F. Jürgen H. Rahe. Physics today, v. 50, Dec. 1997: 92. port.

Idlis, Grigorii {Grigori\u{\i}} M. Russian astrophysicists in Kazakhstan. Science in Russia, Nov./Dec. 1995: 81-83. col. illus., port.

Iliffe, Rob, and Frances Willmoth. Astronomy and the domestic sphere: Margaret Flamsteed and Caroline Herschel as assistant-astronomers. In Women, science and medicine, 1500-1700; mothers and sisters of the Royal Society. Edited by Lynette Hunter & Sarah Hutton. Thrupp, Stroud, Glos, Sutton Pub., 1997. p. 235-265. facsims., ports.

Innocenti, Cristiana. Il fondamento astrologico della realtà nel De incantationibus e nel De fato di Pietro Pomponazzi. Nouvelles de la république des lettres, anno 17, sett. 1997: 49-77.

Jones, Bernard J. T. A brief history of cosmology. In Moroccan School of Astrophysics, 1st, Casablanca, 1996. From quantum fluctuations to cosmological structures. Proceedings of the First Moroccan School of Astrophysics, Casablanca, Morocco, 1-10 December 1996. Edited by David Valls-Gabaud, Martin A. Hendry, Paolo Molaro, and Khalil Chamcham. San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1997. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series, v. 126) p. 1-30.

Jozeau, Marie F., and Michèle Grégoire. Measuring an arc of meridian. In Vita mathematica; historical research and integration with teaching. Ronald Calinger, editor. Washington, D.C., Mathematical Association of America, 1996. (MAA notes, no. 40) p. 269-277. illus., facsims., map, ports.

Khoury, Ibrahim. The stars of Arab navigation in Ibn Magid {M\=a\.gid} works. In Coimbra. Universidade. Revista. v. 35. Coimbra, 1989. p. 395-405.

Kienast, Hermann J. Antike Zeitmessung auf der Agora; neue Forschungen am Turm der Winde in Athen. Antike Welt, 28. Jahrg., Heft 2, 1997: 113-115. col. illus., facsim., plan.

On the 1st-century B.C. Tower of the Winds in Athens. The structure, which had sundials and a water-clock, is presently undergoing restoration.

King, David A. La scienza al servizio della religione: il caso dell'Islam {dell'Isl\=am}. In Atti del Simposio internazionale La civiltà islamica e le scienze. Firenze--Palazzo Panciatichi, 23 novembre 1991. A cura di Clelia Sarnelli Cerqua, Ornella Marra, Pier Giovanni Pelfer. Napoli, CUEN, 1995. p. 129-150. illus., facsims.

Kozamthadam, Job. Kepler and the sacredness of natural science. In Philosophy in science. v. 7. Tucson, Ariz., Pachart Pub. House, 1997. p. 9-36.

Kragh, Helge. The electrical universe: grand cosmological theory versus mundane experiments. Perspectives on science, v. 5, summer 1997: 199-231. illus.

"This article examines in detail a remarkable but short-lived cosmological theory of 1959 [suggested by Raymond Lyttleton and Hermann Bondi] The theory depended crucially on a hypothesis that could be, and was, tested in the laboratory. I use the case to discuss the nature of testing in cosmology and to argue against ideas about astronomy suggested by Ian Hacking."

Lightman, Bernard. Constructing Victorian heavens: Agnes Clerke and the "new astronomy." In Natural eloquence: women reinscribe science. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1997. (Science and literature) p. 61-75. port.

Linnartz, Harold. Nachtvoorstelling: sterren en sterrenbeelden. Natuur & techniek, 65. jaarg., aug. 1997: 76-85. illus. (part col.)

On the origin of the constellations in general use today.

Includes two boxes, "Namen en verhalen" (p. 81), and "Een lijst met sterrenbeelden, gerangschikt in chronologische volgorde, met de 'ontdekkers' erbij" (p. 84).

Luft, Ulrich. The date of the w3gj feast: considerations for the chronology of the Egyptian Old and Middle Kingdom. In Gedenkschrift István Hahn. Hrsg. von György Németh. Budapest, 1993. (Annales Universitatis scientiarum budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös nominatae. Sectio historica, t. 26)

Determining the occurrence of this lunar feast "could help to establish the absolute chronology."

McDonald, Daniel M. The importance of the moon in prehistoric numbering and in historical metrology. In his The origins of metrology; collected papers of Dr Daniel McLean McDonald. Edited by C. J. Scarre; foreword by Colin Renfrew. Cambridge, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 1992. p. 4-7.

McNally, Derek. Forty years of The Sky at Night. Astronomy & geophysics, v. 38, Aug./Sept. 1997: 32-33. col. port.

Patrick Moore's television series began in April 1957.

The Man. In The Three Galileos: the man, the spacecraft, the telescope. Proceedings of the conference held in Padova, Italy, on January 7-10, 1997. Edited by Cesare Barbieri, Jürgen H. Rahe+{\dagger}, Torrence V. Johnson. Technical editor, Anita M. Sohus. Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. (Astrophysics and space science library, v. 226) p. 1-16. illus.

Contents: Coyne, G. V. Galileo's telescopic observations: the marvel and meaning of discovery.--Bellone, E. The discovery by Galileo of Jupiter's moons.--Bellinati, C. The abodes of Galileo Galilei in Padova.

Mann, Barbara A., and Jerry L. Fields. A sign in the sky: dating the League of the Haudenosaunee. American Indian culture and research journal, v. 21, no. 2, 1997: 105-163.

The foundation of the league was marked by the occurrence of a total solar eclipse; the authors supply evidence supporting their conclusion that the eclipse in question was that of Aug. 22, 1142.

Müller-Jahncke, Wolf D. Makrokosmos und Mikrokosmos bei Paracelsus. In Paracelsus: das Werk, die Rezeption. Beiträge des Symposiums zum 500. Geburtstag von Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, genannt Paracelsus (1493-1541) an der Universität Basel am 3. und 4. Dezember 1993. Volker Zimmermann (Hg.). Stuttgart, F. Steiner, 1995. p. 59-66.

On the relationship between the heavens and the human body, according to the ideas of Paracelsus.

Morgan, Anne B. Site: Nancy Holt. Sculpture, v. 15, Jan. 1996: 14-15. col. illus.

About a work in Tampa entitled Solar Rotary, described as "a contemporary time-dial, where the point is not to measure the precise time of day, as was the case of the medieval sundial, but rather to focus on our relationship to the solar system and planetary movements, as well as our own history." The structure is designed so that on pertinent dates the central ring, at an elevation of 20 feet, will cast a circular shadow around one of five plaques on the ground, each describing an event of importance in the history of Florida.

Nha, Il-seong. Development of science and technology in the early Choson {Chos\v{o}n} period. Koreana, v. 11, autumn 1997: 20-29. col. illus.

"It was thanks to Sejong's efforts to improve the quality of life of the populace that science, and especially astronomy, realized such a remarkable development in the early Choson {Chos\v{o}n} period."

Paczynski, Bohdan. Martin Schwarzschild. Physics today, v. 50, Dec. 1997: 90-91. port.

Pepe, Luigi. Jacopo Riccati, i nuovi calcoli e i "Principia mathematica." In I Riccati e la cultura della Marca nel Settecento europeo. A cura di Gregorio Piaia e Maria Laura Soppelsa. Atti del Convegno internazionale di studio (Castelfranco Veneto, 5-6 aprile 1990). Firenze, L. S. Olschki, 1992. (Biblioteca di Nuncius. Studi e testi, 5) p. 111-125.

See also "Mostra di strumenti scientifici settecenteschi nella casa di Giorgione," by Gian Antonio Salandin (p. 375-390), which includes a section on optics and astronomy (p. 378-382), with related illustrations (fig. 6 and 7).

Pustilniks {Pusti\c{l}niks}, Izolds. E. Epiks un Tartu astrofizikas un zvaigznu {zvaig\v{z}\c{n}u} astronomijas skola (1922-1945). [E. Öpik and the Tartu School of Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy (1922-1945)] Zvaigznota {Zvaig\v{z}\c{n}ot\=a} debess, 1996. gada rudens: 36-39. port.

The portrait shows Öpik at age 30.

Rabin, Sheila J. Kepler's attitude toward Pico and the anti-astrology polemic. Renaissance quarterly, v. 50, autumn 1997: 750-770.

Renn, Jürgen, Tilman Sauer, and John Stachel. The origin of gravitational lensing: a postscript to Einstein's 1935 Science paper. Science, v. 275, Jan. 10, 1997: 184-186. facsims.

"Gravitational lensing, now taken as an important astrophysical consequence of the general theory of relativity, was found even before this theory was formulated but was discarded as a speculative idea without any chance of empirical confirmation. Reconstruction of some of Einstein's research notes dating back to 1912 reveals that he explored the possibility of gravitational lensing 3 years before completing his general theory of relativity. On the basis of preliminary insights into this theory, Einstein had already derived the basic features of the lensing effect. When he finally published the very same results 24 years later, it was only in response to prodding by an amateur scientist."

See also the illustrated reports by Eugen Hintsches, "Gravitationslinsen erschienen sogar Einstein zu phantastisch," in MPG Spiegel, Nr. 1, 1997, p. 11-13, and Erick Vermeulen, "Einsteins bewijslast," in Natuur & Techniek, 65. jaarg., apr. 1997, p. 22-29.

Rich, Robert Michael, and Donald M. Terndrup. Bulges of galaxies: a celebration of the 90th birthday of Albert Whitford. In Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Publications, v. 109, May 1997: 571-583. illus., port.

"We report a detailed summary of the scientific meeting held in March, 1996, to honor Albert Whitford on the occasion of his 90th birthday. We give a description of his life and scientific accomplishments followed by a report on the research presented in the meeting, mostly concerning the Galactic bulge."

Romano, Giuliano. La grande marcia degli Anasazi. Giornale di astronomia, v. 23, sett. 1997: 26-31. illus., map.

Ruiz Maldonado, Margarita. Precisiones acerca del calendario de Treviño. Boletín del Museo e Instituto "Camón Aznar," no. 47, 1992: 5-31. illus.

Samsó, Julio. Astronomia andalusa: caratteristiche principali e influenza sull'occidente latino. In Atti del Simposio internazionale La civiltà islamica e le scienze. Firenze--Palazzo Panciatichi, 23 novembre 1991. A cura di Clelia Sarnelli Cerqua, Ornella Marra, Pier Giovanni Pelfer. Napoli, CUEN, 1995. p. 151-167.

Schabel, Chris. John of Murs and Firmin of Beauval's letter and treatise on calendar reform for Clement VI. Text and introduction. In Copenhagen. Universitet. Institut for græsk og latinsk middelalderfilologi. Cahiers de l'Institut du moyen age grec et latin. no 66. Copenhague, E. Paludan, 1996. p. 187-215. illus.

"On 25 September 1344, Pope Clement VI wrote to the astronomers John of Murs and Firmin of Beauval, asking them to come to Avignon to reform the calendar ...

"The suggestions of John of Murs and Firmin of Beauval concerning the reform of the solar and lunar calendar were not implemented, probably because Clement was too busy with other matters. In addition, the Black Death may have made plans for the next nine thousand years seem unnecessary. John and Firmin's suggestions for reform, however, are reasonable and presented very clearly. Interestingly, the authors are convinced that more recent astronomers should, in this case, be believed more than the ancients, because later men had at their disposition observations over a longer period of time, and thus were able to see small imprecisions by their accumulation ... This seems to be an early instance of scholars saying that it was possible that they knew better than the ancients. Indeed the authors' calculations for both the solar and lunar calendars are almost exactly those used in the Gregorian reform in 1582, so the reform could have been accomplished just as well astronomically in 1345 ..."

Schabel's edition of the Latin text of the letter and treatise appears on p. 196-215.

Schmidt, Francis. Astrologie juive ancienne: essai d'interprétation de 4QCryptique (4Q186). Revue de Qumrân, t. 18, avril 1997: 125-141. illus.

Summary in English.

Schneider, Ivo. Spekulationen über die Gestalt der Erde und ihre wissenschaftliche Bewertung in der Aufklärung. In Spekulation und Wissenschaft; in memoriam Stefan Engels. Ein interdisziplinärer Workshop. Tanja Fischer, Rudolf Seising (Hrsg.). Hamburg, Verlag Dr. Kovac {Kova\v{c}}, 1995. p. 13-25. facsims.

Schulman, Eric, James C. French, Allison L. Powell, Guenther Eichhorn, Michael J. Kurtz, and Stephen S. Murray. Trends in astronomical publication between 1975 and 1996. In Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Publications, v. 109, Nov. 1997: 1278-1284. illus.

"Here we present results of a study of astronomical publication trends using 76,000 papers published in A&A, A&AS, AJ, ApJ, MNRAS, and PASP between 1975 and l996. Two trends are particularly interesting: the fraction of single-author papers has decreased by about a factor of three in the last 20 years, while astronomical papers with more than 50 authors have become increasingly common since 1990."

Segre, Michael. Light on the Galileo case? Isis, v. 88, Sept. 1997: 484-504. illus., port. (Critiques and contentions)

A "Short Critical Bibliography of the 'Galileo Case' in Chronological Order" appears on p. 501-504.

Seltman, Muriel, and Eddie Mizzi. Thomas Harriot: father of English algebra? Mathematical intelligencer, v. 19, winter 1997: 46-49. illus.

Sherbondy, Jeannette E. Irrigation and Inca cosmology. In University of Calgary Archaeological Association. Conference, 24th, Calgary, 1991. Culture and environment, a fragile coexistence. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary. Edited by Ross W. Jamieson, Sylvia Abonyi and Neil A. Mirau. Calgary, Alta., 1993. p. 343-351. illus., facsims.

Smith, Lindsey F. 1971 revisited: fossils, alive and dead; an historical introduction. In International Astronomical Union. Symposium, 163d, La Biodola, Elba, 1994. Wolf-Rayet stars: binaries, colliding winds, evolution. Proceedings of the 163rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in La Biodola, Elba, Italia, May 2-6, 1994. Edited by Karel A. van der Hucht and Peredur M. Williams. Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. p. 3-5.

Snedegar, Keith V. Ikhwezi is the morning star. Mercury, v. 26, Nov./Dec. 1997: 12-15. illus.

South African ethnoastronomy.

Snow, Susan R. Astronomy and world view systems in the New World tropics. In University of Calgary Archaeological Association. Conference, 24th, Calgary, 1991. Culture and environment, a fragile coexistence. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary. Edited by Ross W. Jamieson, Sylvia Abonyi and Neil A. Mirau. Calgary, Alta., 1993. p. 387-393. illus.

Sriram, M. S. Heliocentric model of planetary motion in the Kerala School of Indian astronomy. In Congress on Traditional Sciences and Technologies of India, Bombay, 1993. Congress on Traditional Sciences and Technologies of India, 28 Nov - 3 Dec 1993, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Keynote papers and extended abstracts. Madras, PPST Foundation, 1993. p. 8-3. (Theoretical sciences. Extended abstracts, TSc-4)

Stücken, Christian. Der Astronom des Kaisers. Vom Leben des Chinamissionars Ignaz Kögler SJ (1680-1746). In Historischer Verein Ingolstadt. Sammelblatt. 102./103. Jahrg., 1993-94. Ingolstadt, 1995. p. 439-469.

Szabó, Árpád. Der Beitrag der Astronomie. In his Die Entfaltung der griechischen Mathematik. Mannheim, B.I. Wissenschaftsverlag, 1994. (Lehrbücher und Monographien zur Didaktik der Mathematik, Bd. 26) p. 22-132. illus.

Talmon, Shemaryahu, and Israel Knohl. A calendrical scroll from a Qumran cave: Mismarot {\it Mi\v{s}marot} B^a, 4Q321. In Pomegranates and golden bells. Studies in biblical, Jewish, and Near Eastern ritual, law, and literature in honor of Jacob Milgrom. Edited by David P. Wright, David Noel Freedman, and Avi Hurvitz. Winona Lake, Ind., Eisenbrauns, 1995. p. 267-301. facsims.

Includes Hebrew text and English translation.

Talmon, Shemaryahu. A calendrical document from Qumran Cave 4 (mismarot {mi\v{s}marot} D, 4Q325). In Solving riddles and untying knots. Biblical, epigraphic, and Semitic studies in honor of Jonas C. Greenfield. Edited by Ziony Zevit, Seymour Gitin, Michael Sokoloff. Winona Lake, Ind., Eisenbrauns, 1995. p. 327-344. facsim.

Includes Hebrew text and English translation.

Talmon, Shemaryahu, and Israel Knohl. A calendrical scroll from Qumran Cave 4: Mismarot {Mi\v{s}marot} B^b (4Q321^a). In Texts, temples, and traditions. A tribute to Menahem Haran. Edited by Michael V. Fox, Victor Avigdor Hurowitz, Avi Hurvitz, Michael L. Klein, Baruch J. Schwartz, and Nili Shupak. Winona Lake, Ind., Eisenbrauns, 1996. p. 409.

English abstract only. Hebrew text of full article appears on p. 65*-71*.

Tedesco, Piero. Il micrometro filare di Giacomo Lusverg (anno 1677). Nuncius, anno 12, fasc. 1, l997: 93-107. illus.

"The wire eyepiece micrometer made by Jacob Lusverg (1636-1689) dated 1677, was found in the seminary of Treviso in 1991. An original contribution on Jacob Lusverg's biography is given from unpublished documents. In this paper the structure and the operating use of the micrometer is described. The micrometer was restored in the laboratory of the Museum of Phisics [sic] in Bologna by A. Grilli. It is also described the small telescope, whose objective glass is signed Domenico Selva. This item was recently used by M. Toulmonde, in the Observatory of Paris, in order to repeat a series of historical measures of the Sun's diameter, made by A. Azout in the XVII Century."

Toulmonde's report was cited in H.A.D. News no. 42.

Teper, Wojciech, and Andrzej Ceglarz. Tajemnica Gwiazdy Betlejemskiej. Fizyka w szkole, r. 43, wrzes./pazdz. {wrzes./pa\'zdz.} 1997: 244-248. illus.

Trimble, Virginia. Hubble's variable parameter: the long and short of it. In International Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter in the Universe, Santa Monica, Calif., 1996. Dark matter in the universe. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter in the Universe, Santa Monica, California, USA, 14-16 February 1996. Edited by D. B. Cline. Amsterdam, North-Holland, 1996. (Nuclear physics B. Proceedings supplements, 51B, 1996) p. 5-9.

"The 'constant' H, whose customary units are (km/sec)/Megaparsecs, is a measure of the distance scale, expansion rate, and (indirectly) age of the universe. The first determinations of its value, by Hubble himself, between 1929 and 1936, were in the range 500-550 km/sec/Mpc, implying a universe only about 2 Gyr old (less than the age of the earth as understood even then). In a series of quick steps from 1952 to 1975, the best value dropped from 500 to 250 to 125 to 50-100 km/sec/Mpc. And there it has remained ever since, with a factor of two uncertainty. The continuing discrepancies among values found by different workers using different methods are an inconvenience to the entire astronomical community, because the value of H enters into our determinations of masses and luminosities of distant objects, of the fraction of the closure density of the universe that can be present in ordinary baryonic matter, and many other things we would like to know. It is not clear that the issue will be firmly resolved in the near future, despite the ever-increasing rate of publications on the subject."

Includes a table of recently published (Sept. 1992-early March 1996) determinations of the Hubble constant.

Turner, Gerard L'E. An astrolabe belonging to Galileo? Nuncius, anno 12, fasc. 1, 1997: 87-92. illus., facsim.

"An unexceptional German astrolabe of 1537 (IC 262) has two curious features that could make it a striking document connected with Galileo Galilei, one of the world's greatest natural philosophers. The facts are straightforward. Having stated them, I then offer reasoned speculation, which others may develop or try to refute, to show that the astrolabe was modified in Florence and was owned by Galileo in the 1580s."

The astrolabe is in the collections of the National Museum of American History.

Upgren, Arthur R. Astronomy at Minnesota. In Proper motions and galactic astronomy. A small topical workshop at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 12-13 December 1996, in recognition of its first 100 years in astronomy. Edited by Roberta M. Humphreys. San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1997. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series, v. 127) p. 3-11. illus., ports.

Viacheslav Mikhailovich {Mikha\u{\i}lovich} Kovtunenko (1921-1995). Astronomicheskii {Astronomicheski\u{\i}} vestnik, t. 30, mart/apr. 1996: 189-190.

An English translation, "Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kovtunenko (1921-1995)," appears in Solar System Research, v. 30, Mar./Apr. 1996, p. 166.

80 [vosemdesiat] let so dnia rozhdeniia K. P. Florenskogo. Astronomicheskii {Astronomicheski\u{\i}} vestnik, t. 30, iiul/avg. 1996: 382-384.

An English translation, "Eighty Years Since the Birth of Kirill P. Florenskii," appears in Solar System Research, v. 30, July/Aug. 1996, p. 337-339.

Wilson, Peter R. Historical survey. In his Solar and stellar activity cycles. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1994. (Cambridge astrophysical series, 24) p. 9-24. illus., port.

Wolbarsht, Myron L. Contesting constellations. American scientist, v. 85, Nov./Dec. 1997: 500-501.

Letter commenting on some of the statements in A. A. Gurshtein's {Gurshte\u{\i}n's} article, "The Origin of the Constellations," published in the May/June 1997 issue, with Gurshtein's {Gurshte\u{\i}n's} response.

Wuttke, Dieter. Sebastian Brants Verhältnis zu Wunderdeutung und Astrologie. Sebastian Brant und Maximilian I.: eine Studie zu Brants Donnerstein-Flugblatt des Jahres 1492. In his Dazwischen; Kulturwissenschaft auf Warburgs Spuren. Bd. 1. Baden-Baden, V. Koerner, 1996. (Saecvla spiritalia, Bd. 29) p. 195-250. facsims.

Reprints, with supplementary references and comments, of papers first published in 1974 and 1976. The "Donnerstein-Flugblatt" examined in the second study reported the fall of the Ensisheim meteorite.

An extensive index at the end of v. 2 provides page references to discussions involving astronomy and astrology in other studies, and the bibliography of Wuttke's writings (also in v. 2, p. 769-789) provides details about earlier publication of reprinted essays.

Zanda, Brigitte, Roger H. Hewins, and Jean P. Bibring. Memorial: Paul Pellas (1924-1997). Meteoritics & planetary science, v. 32, Nov. 1997: 983-984. port.

Ziggelaar, August. Astronomie der Jesuiten nördlich der Alpen. Vier unveröffentlichte Jesuitenbriefe 1611-1620. In Historischer Verein Ingolstadt. Sammelblatt. 102./103. Jahrg.; 1993-94. Ingolstadt, 1995. p. 369-384. illus.

Translation by Ernst Goercke of an essay published (in English) in Christoph Clavius e l'attività scientifica dei Gesuiti nell'età di Galileo, p. 101-116 (Roma, Bulzoni editore, 1995). The text of the four letters, published (in Latin) in the cited book, is not included with the German translation of the essay.

Ruth S. Freitag
Library of Congress
February 1998

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