UNIVERSITY OF LONDON THESES

AND DISSERTATIONS ON THE

HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY

Ph.D. (Internal or External)

E. J. AITON, "The Cartesian theories of the planetary motions". 1958.
E. G. FORBES, "Tobias Mayer's contributions to astronomy". In progress.
A. J. MEADOWS, "A study of the astronomical investigations of Sir Norman Lockyer"
In progress.
C. T. Moss, "The development of spectroscopic astronomy in the second half of the
nineteenth century". 1955.
J. V. PEPPER, "Studies in the mathematical and scientific work of Thomas Harriet",
In progress.
A. J. M. SZANSER, "The work of the astronomers of Pulkovo: 1839-1918". Presented.
A. J. TAYLOR, "Kepler's astronomical method". 1931.
A. C. WILLIAMS, "Edmond Halley and his influence upon the progress of science in
the seventeenth century". 1940.

M.Phil. (Internal)
A. H. Cox, "A study of attempts to determine longitude at sea from observations of
the variation of the magnetic compass, contained in papers submitted to the Board of
Longitude". 1968.

M.Sc. (Internal or External)

E. J. AITON, "The development of the theory of the tides in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries". 1953.
F. H. ANSTIS, "The scientific work of Sir William Huggins". 1961.
C. F. BARTHOLOMEW, "Studies on the physical constitution of the Sun from Alexander
Wilson to Krichhoff". 1960.
J. A. CHALDECOTT, 'The scientific works of Leon Foucault". 1949.
BETTY M. DAVIS, "The astronomical work of Jeremiah Horrox". 1967.
E. G. FORBES, "The development of navigational aids in England in the eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries". 1965.
GERTRUDE W. GALLAGHER, "The French contribution to the establishment of the size
and figure of the Earth". 1964.
B. GEE, "The Harvard studies on stellar astronomy: 1840-1890". 1968.
P. R. K. GENT, "The astronomical work of John Flamsteed". 1964.
K. V. HEWITT, "The astronomical work of James Bradley, third Astronomer Royal".
1953.
J. T. HOGG, "Eighteenth-century cosmology with special reference to the work of
Thomas Wright of Durham". 1949.
H. C. KING, "The invention of the achromatic telescope". 1948.
G. A. MITCHELL, "The researches of G. Johnstone Stoney on planetary atmospheres".
1968.
C. T. Moss, "The telescopes of Sir William Herschel". 1949.
R. H. NAYLOR, "A history to the end of the nineteenth century of determinations of
the Sun's distance". 1966.
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J. V. PEPPER, "Harriot's work on mathematical navigation". 1968.
C. A. RONAN, "The Cometography of A. G. Pingre". 1953.
A. J. M. SZANSER, "The astronomical work of F. G. W. Struve". 1966.
J. WARTNABY, "The early scientific work of John Milne". 1967.
A. C. WILLIAMS, "Edmond Halley and the problem of terrestrial magnetism". 1937.

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