Session List

All findings are embargoed until the time of presentation at the meeting. "Time of presentation" means the start time of the Oral or Display paper session in which the paper will be given, or the time of the corresponding press conference (if any), whichever comes first.

TUESDAY, 6 JANUARY 1998

1.01 Bradley and Lacaille: Praxis as Passionate Pursuit of Exact Science

C. A. Wilson (St. John's College)

1.02 The Paschal Moon, the Easter Calendar, and Lunar Observations in Medieval Europe

S. McCluskey (W. Virginia Univ.)

1.03 Tycho Brahe's Copernican Campaign

O. Gingerich (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), J. R. Voelkel (Dibner Institute)

1.04 Astronomy and Geography vs. Navigation: Defining a Role for an American Nautical Almanac, 1844-1850

C. Waff (Macmillan General Reference USA)

1.05 Nautical Almanac Office 1975-1996

P. K. Seidelmann (USNO)

1.06 Crescent Wars

B. E. Schaefer (Yale, Physics Dept.)

1.07 LeRoy Doggett and Daylight Saving Time: A Reminiscence

I. R. Bartky (Bethesda, MD)