Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region: Proceedings of the ICOA-6 Conference

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation: 700 BC–AD 1600....Pages 3-20
Solar Eclipses at Sunrise or Sunset in the Chunqiu Period....Pages 21-43
The Possible Interpretation of a Mural in a Sixth Century Koguryo Tumulus as an AD 555 Solar Eclipse Record....Pages 45-52
Statistics of Oriental Astronomical Records: What Can They Tell Us?....Pages 53-57
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The Origin and Growth of Astronomy, as Viewed from an Indian Context....Pages 61-84
The Astronomy of Peruvian Huacas ....Pages 85-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Άbdul-Ra $$\\d{h}$$ mān al-Şūfī and His Book of the Fixed Stars : A Journey of Re-discovery....Pages 121-138
Japanese Astronomy in the Seventh Century....Pages 139-151
An Astronomical Problem in a Japanese Traditional Mathematical Text: The 49th Problem of the Kenki-sanpo of Takebe Katahiro....Pages 153-170
Hirayama Kiyotsugu: Discoverer of Asteroid Families....Pages 171-197
The 1395 Planisphere, Cheongsang Yeolcha Bunya-Ji-Do , and Two Earlier Star Maps in Korea....Pages 199-207
The Seungjeongwon Ilgi as a Major Source of Korean Astronomical Records....Pages 209-222
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The 1874 Transit of Venus and the Popularisation of Astronomy in the USA as Reflected in the New York Times ....Pages 225-241
Some Highlights of the Lick Observatory Solar Eclipse Expeditions....Pages 243-337
The Total Solar Eclipses of 7 August 1869 and 29 July 1878 and the Popularisation of Astronomy in the USA as Reflected in the New York Times ....Pages 339-375
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The Contribution of the Division of Radiophysics Potts Hill Field Station to International Radio Astronomy....Pages 379-431
The Contribution of the Division of Radiophysics Murraybank Field Station to International Radio Astronomy....Pages 433-479
The Contribution of the Division of Radiophysics Dapto Field Station to Solar Radio Astronomy, 1952–1964....Pages 481-526
The Sun Has Set on a Brilliant Mind: John Paul Wild (1923–2008), Solar Radio Astronomer Extraordinaire....Pages 527-542
Paul Wild and His Investigation of the H-Line....Pages 543-546
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An Overview of W.N. Christiansen’s Contribution to Australian Radio Astronomy, 1948–1960....Pages 547-587
A Retrospective View of Australian Solar Radio Astronomy 1945–1960....Pages 589-629
Back Matter....Pages 631-660