Modern Microeconomics

Front Matter....Pages i-xlv
Introduction....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
The Skies Over Aotearoa/New Zealand: Astronomy from a Maori Perspective....Pages 33-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-104
Astronomy on Cook’s First Voyage: Mercury Bay and Queen Charlotte Sound, 1769–1770....Pages 105-105
Astronomy on Cook’s Second Voyage: Dusky Sound and Queen Charlotte Sound, 1773–1774....Pages 107-147
Astronomy on Cook’s Third Voyage: Queen Charlotte Sound, 1777....Pages 149-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-203
The ‘Cook’ Gregorian Telescope in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa....Pages 205-205
Stephen Carkeek, the Wellington Time Ball, and New Zealand’s Oldest Surviving Observatory....Pages 207-226
The Historic Astronomical Observatories in the Wellington Botanic Garden: A Brief Introduction....Pages 227-247
The Thames Observatories of John Grigg....Pages 249-269
The Wanganui Refractor and Its Remarkable English Equatorial Mounting....Pages 271-291
Joseph Ward: Pioneer New Zealand Telescope-Maker....Pages 293-313
From Crossley to Carter: The Life and Times of an Historic Cooke Refractor....Pages 315-335
Front Matter....Pages 337-367
The 1874 and 1882 Transits of Venus: An Overview....Pages 369-369
Refining the Astronomical Unit: Queenstown and the 1874 Transit of Venus....Pages 371-419
Front Matter....Pages 421-443
The 1885 Total Solar Eclipse: An Amazing Public Spectacle....Pages 445-445
John Grigg, and the Genesis of Cometary Astronomy in New Zealand....Pages 447-479
C.J. Westland and Comet C/1914 S1 (Campbell): A Forgotten Episode in New Zealand Cometary Astronomy....Pages 481-508
A Catholic Approach to Astronomy: The Remarkable Record of Ronald A. McIntosh....Pages 509-522
Front Matter....Pages 523-561
Great Comets, and Wellington’s Earliest European Astronomers....Pages 563-563
Front Matter....Pages 565-583
Henry Severn: Thames’ Talented Transitory Astronomer....Pages 563-563
John Grigg, and His Pioneering Astronomical Photography....Pages 585-595
Front Matter....Pages 597-625
Dr Elizabeth Alexander and the Mysterious ‘Norfolk Island Effect’....Pages 627-627
John Bolton, Gordon Stanley, Bruce Slee and the Riddle of the ‘Radio Stars’....Pages 629-651
Back Matter....Pages 653-671
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