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Could John Ellard Gore have pre-empted the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
Jeremy Shears
John Ellard Gore (1845-1910) was an Irish amateur astronomer, prolific science writer and civil engineer. He was an inaugural member of the British Astronomical Association when it…
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The Birth of Radar Meteor Astronomy at Jodrell Bank: The Collaboration between Bernard Lovell and Manning Prentice
Jeremy Shears
The discovery of radar echoes from meteor trains at Jodrell Bank in December 1945 heralded the beginning of a new era in meteor astronomy. This paper examines the early collaborati…