Bulletin 156 – March 2023
Bulletin 156 – March 2023 Members of the SIS receive print copies of all Bulletins, as well as access to the complete Bulletin archive. In order to give website visitors …
Bulletin 156 – March 2023 Members of the SIS receive print copies of all Bulletins, as well as access to the complete Bulletin archive. In order to give website visitors …
Can an astronomical instrument be religious? Wooden quadrants from the Late Ottoman Empire. Yasemin Akçagüner, Columbia University, New YorkRecipient of SIS grant 2022 Introduction In 2018, Silke Ackermann posed the …
BULLETIN 155 – December 2022 Members of the SIS receive print copies of all Bulletins, as well as access to the complete Bulletin archive. In order to give website visitors …
The Russian diplomatic representatives in London and the acquisition process of navigational instruments for Russian navigators at the beginning of the 19th century, by Feliks Gornischeff, Research Fellow, Estonian Maritime …
An early modern portable clock with Islamic calendar, by Artemis Yagou, Research Associate, Deutsches Museum, Munich My research interest in the various forms and manifestations of luxury in early modern …
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BULLETIN 154 – September 2022 Members of the SIS receive print copies of all Bulletins, as well as access to the complete Bulletin archive. In order to give website visitors …
Eliminating errors, automating observation: The Photographic Zenith Tube of the Neuchâtel Observatory in Switzerland, by Julien Gressot In the mid-twentieth century, the Neuchâtel Observatory decided to modify its time determination …
In Celsius’ footsteps, by Ian Hembrow Retracing the route of the 1736-37 Arctic Circle expedition to establish the shape of the Earth A daily blog by SIS member and travel …
BULLETIN 153 – June 2022 Members of the SIS receive print copies of all Bulletins, as well as access to the complete Bulletin archive. In order to give website visitors …
Measuring a potato planet, by Ian Hembrow Research grant recipient Ian Hembrow reports on a fascinating study trip to learn about 18th century surveying methods from SIS’s Nicolàs de Hilster. …