Articles in the BAA Journal

Recent papers in the Journal with historical themes include:

"Three Girton astronomers" - Bill Barton and Mike Frost (J.Br. Astron Assoc. 131:3 pp 141-142)

"Reginald Lawson Waterfield (1900-1986), eclipse chaser & comet photographer extraordinaire: Part 1" - Martin Mobberley (J.Br. Astron Assoc. 131:3 pp 158-170)

"David Sinden (1932-2005): A life in optics" - John Nichol (J.Br. Astron Assoc. 131:2 pp 81-92)

"In remembrance of Maria Winckelmann" - Janice McClean (J.Br. Astron Assoc. 130:6 pp 332-333)

"Mary Acworth Evershed and Sheila Anne Boulter - the two female directors of the Historical Section" - Bill Barton and Mike Frost (J.Br. Astron Assoc. 130:6 pp 335-336)

"Maria Mitchell, the Danish comet medal & early American astronomy" - Jacqueline Mitton (J.Br. Astron Assoc. 130:6 pp 349-356)

"Thomas G.E.Elger at Kempston - nine years that 'saved' amateur selenography" - Nigel Longshaw (J.Br. Astron Assoc. 130:5 pp 285-288)

"The astronomical observations & connections of Henry Prescott (1649-1719)" - Richard Sargeant (J Br. Astron Assoc. 130:4 pp 210-218)

"Fiametta Wilson: A centennial appreciation" - Bill Barton and Mike Frost (J Br. Astron Assoc. 130:3 pp 136-137)

"Roland L.T. Clarkson: a Suffolk astronomer" - Richard Mckim (J Br. Astron Assoc. 130:2 pp 83-94)

"Naked eye sunspot observations: a critical review of pre-telescopic western reports" - John Simpson (J Br. Astron Assoc. 130:1 pp 15-31)

"John S. Glasby: a BAA engima" - Martin Mobberley (J Br. Astron Assoc. 129:4 pp 203-215)

"Apollo and the BAA Lunar Section" - Bill Leatherbarrow (J Br. Astron Assoc. 129:3 pp 130-131)

"The Myth of Henry Hudson's Sunspots" - John Simpson (J Br. Astron Assoc. 129:2 pp 89-94)

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