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| Departments of Philosophy | Talbot College |
| and History of Medicine | Room 413 | |
| University of Western Ontario | (519) 679-2111 ext. 5876 | |
| London, Ontario, N6A 3K7 | E-mail: hplotkin@julian.uwo.ca |
History of Science; History of Astronomy and Astrophysics; History of Meteoritics; History of American Science; Institutional History
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"The Henderson Network vs. the Prairie Network: The Dispute Between the Smithsonian's National Museum and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Over the Acquisition and Control of Meteorites, 1960-1970," Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, vol. 91 (1997), pp. 32-38.
The Port Orford Meteorite Hoax. In The Port Orford, Oregon, Meteorite Mystery. Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences, no. 31 (1993), 24 pp.
"The Port Orford Meteorite Hoax," Sky and Telescope, vol. 86, no. 3(1993), pp. 35-38.
"William H. Pickering in Jamaica: The Founding of Woodlawn and Studies of Mars," Journal for the History of Astronomy, vol. 24 (1993), pp. 101-122.
"Harvard College Observatory's Boyden Station in Peru: Origin and Formative Years, 1879-1898," Mundialización de la ciencia y cultura nacional. In Actas del Congreso Internacional "Ciencia, descubrimiento y mundo colonial", (1993), pp. 689-705.
"Edward C. Pickering," Journal for the History of Astronomy, vol. 21 (1990), pp. 47-58.
"The Lightning Calculator," The Sciences, vol. 23 (1983), p. 45. Co-author: K.R. Lewis.
"The Remarkable `Lightning Calculator,' Truman Henry Safford," Harvard Magazine, vol. 85 (1982), pp. 54-56. Co-author: K.R. Lewis.
"Henry Draper, Edward C. Pickering, and the Birth of American Astrophysics," Symposium on the Orion Nebula to Honor Henry Draper. In Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 395 (1982), pp. 321-330.
"Henry P. Tappan, Franz F.E. Brünnow, and the Founding of the Ann Arbor School of Astronomers, 1852-1863," Annals of Science, vol. 37 (1980), pp. 287-302.
"Edward C. Pickering's `Diary of a Visit to the Harvard College Observatory, 14 November 1861,'" Harvard Library Bulletin, vol. 28 (1980), pp. 282-290.
"Astronomers vs. the Navy: The Revolt of American Astronomers Over the Management of the United States Naval Observatory, 1877-1902," Proceedings, American Philosophical Society, vol. 122 (1978), pp. 385-399.
"Edward C. Pickering and the Endowment of Scientific Research in America, 1877-1918," Isis, vol. 69 (1978), pp. 44-57.
"Edward C. Pickering's `Diary of a Trip to Pasadena to Attend Meetings of Solar Union, August, 1910,'" Southern California Quarterly, vol. 60 (1978), pp. 29-44.
"Edward C. Pickering, the Henry Draper Memorial, and the Beginnings of Astrophysics in America," Annals of Science, vol. 35 (1978), pp. 365-377.
"Henry Draper, the Discovery of Oxygen in the Sun, and the Dilemma of Interpreting the Solar Spectrum," Journal for the History of Astronomy, vol. 8 (1977), pp. 44-51.
"The Brenham, Kiowa County, Kansas Meteorite." This paper will appear in a Festschrift to Yale astronomer Dorrit Hoffleit being published by the L. Davis Press.
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"Edward P. Henderson and the Development of Meteoritics at the Smithsonian Institution, 1929-1965," Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
I am writing a book-length monograph with Dr. Roy S. Clarke, Jr., the Curator Emeritus of Meteorites at the Smithsonian Institution, provisionally entitled Aspects of the Development of Meteoritics at the Smithsonian Institution: The First 135 Years, 1846-1981.
Back to INDEX . . . Back to TOP"The Brenham, Kiowa County, Kansas Meteorite," Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, March, 1997.
"Find A Falling Star: Harvey Nininger Takes on the Smithsonian Institution, 1932-1939," Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee to the Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, Quebec, October, 1996.
"The Henderson Network vs. the Prairie Network: The Dispute Between the Smithsonian's National Museum and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Over the Acquisition and Control of Meteorites, 1960-1970," Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee to the Canadian Space Agency, Montreal, Quebec, October, 1995.
"Edward P. Henderson and the Development of Meteoritics at the Smithsonian Institution, 1929-1965," Meteoritical Society, Washington, D.C., September, 1995.
"One Hundred Years of Meteoritics at the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-1981," Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., May, 1995.
"Edward P. Henderson and the Development of Meteoritics at the Smithsonian Institution, 1929-1965," Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May, 1995.
"Meteorites: From Smithson's Cabinet to Planetary System Rosetta Stones," Pan-Smithsonian Conference "What About Increase? The First Science and Humanities Dialogue," Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., March, 1995. Co-presenters: R.S. Clarke, Jr. and S. Sorensen.
"Solving the Mystery of the `Lost' Port Orford, Oregon Meteorite" (poster), Pan-Smithsonian Conference "What About Increase? The First Science and Humanities Dialogue," Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., March, 1995. Co-presenter: R.S. Clarke, Jr.
"William H. Pickering in Jamaica: The Founding of Woodlawn and Studies of Mars," History of Science Society, Washington, D.C., December, 1992.
"Harvard College Observatory's Boyden Station in Peru: Origin and Formative Years, 1879-1898," Congreso Internacional "Ciencia, descubrimiento y mundo colonial," Madrid, Spain, June, 1991.
"The Lost Port Orford Meteorite Hoax," American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C., January, 1990.
"John Evans and the Lost Port Orford Meteorite Hoax," History of Science Society, Seattle, Washington, October, 1990.
"The Changing Face of South American Astronomy: Observatories and Research in Peru and Chile, 1850-1965," Congreso Internacional "Ciencia, descubrimiento y mundo colonial," held in Madrid, Spain in June, 1991. I was invited by the North American organizers of this Congress, commemorating the quincentennial of Columbus' discovery of the Americas, to organize a session centered on my research and to deliver a paper in it. I invited scholars from Harvard University, Ohio State University, University of Chile, and University of Valencia to join me as presenters in my session.
"Henry Draper Memorial Centennial Symposium," held at U.W.O. in October, 1985. I organized this international symposium, and presided over it. I invited scholars from Yale University, University of Michigan, and University of Toronto to deliver papers in this symposium, which was attended by about forty astronomers from the U.S. and Canada.
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February 2, 1998
Department of Philosophy,
Talbot College,
University of Western Ontario
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