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Exploring the history of southeast Asian astronomy : a review of current projects and future prospects and possibilities / / Wayne Orchiston, Mayank N. Vahia
| Exploring the history of southeast Asian astronomy : a review of current projects and future prospects and possibilities / / Wayne Orchiston, Mayank N. Vahia |
| Autore | Orchiston D. Wayne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (820 pages) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Historical and Cultural Astronomy Ser. |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astronomy - History |
| ISBN | 3-030-62777-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Part I: Introductory Studies -- Chapter 1: Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy: A Checklist of Recent Research Projects and Future Prospects and Possibilities -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 A Checklist of Recent Southeast Asian History of Astronomy Projects and Future Research Prospects -- 1.2.1 Southeast Asia: A Regional View -- 1.2.1.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.1.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.2 Myanmar -- 1.2.2.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.2.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.3 Thailand -- 1.2.3.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.3.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.4 Laos -- 1.2.4.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.4.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.5 Cambodia -- 1.2.5.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.5.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.6 Vietnam -- 1.2.6.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.6.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.7 Malaysia -- 1.2.7.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.7.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.8 Singapore -- 1.2.8.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.8.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.9 Philippines -- 1.2.9.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.9.2 Future Prospects -- 1.2.10 Indonesia -- 1.2.10.1 Recent Projects -- 1.2.10.2 Future Prospects -- 1.3 Discussion -- 1.3.1 How Do We Trigger History of Astronomy Research in Those SEAAN Nations That Currently Are Inactive? -- 1.3.2 Working Groups and Project Groups of the IAU -- 1.3.3 Conference Options -- 1.3.4 Publication Options and Strategies -- 1.3.5 Graduate Studies in Southeast Asian History of Astronomy Research -- 1.3.6 A Hypothetical 'Southeast Asian History of Astronomy Hall of Fame' -- 1.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 2: Exploring the History of Philippine Astronomy: Catholics, Comets, Eclipses and Ethnoastronomy -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A Changing Environment -- 2.2.1 Changing Sea Levels -- 2.2.2 Changing Temperatures and Rainfall -- 2.2.3 Volcanoes -- 2.2.4 Cyclones -- 2.2.5 Earthquakes.
2.3 Placing People in this Changing Environment: The Nature of the Evidence -- 2.4 Changing Populations -- 2.4.1 The Australo-Melanesians -- 2.4.2 The Austronesians -- 2.4.3 The Austro-Asiatics -- 2.5 Religion and Astronomy in the Philippines -- 2.5.1 Hinduism -- 2.5.2 Islam -- 2.5.3 Christianity and Colonization -- 2.6 Priority Research Projects for Philippine History of Astronomy -- 2.6.1 Introduction -- 2.6.2 Prepare an English Translation of Dante Ambrosio's Book Balatik -- 2.6.3 Document, Compare and Contrast the Astronomical Systems of the Negritos in the Philippines and Elsewhere in Southeast Asia -- 2.6.3.1 Introduction -- 2.6.3.2 Changing Human Ecology and Changing Astronomical Systems -- 2.6.3.3 Did the Geographical Distribution of Philippine Negritos Change Markedly in Historic Times? -- 2.6.3.4 Researching Individual Negrito Astronomical Systems -- 2.6.4 The Philippines and Taiwan: Exploring Ancestral Austronesian Astronomical Systems -- 2.6.5 The Evolving Astronomical System of the Palawan Negritos During the Holocene -- 2.6.6 Negritos and the Indigenous Astronomical Systems of Mindoro -- 2.6.7 The Indigenous Astronomical Systems of Mindanao -- 2.6.8 Mine the Spanish Records for 'Astronomical Treasure' -- 2.6.8.1 Eclipses and Comets -- 2.6.8.2 Other Early Astronomical Records -- 2.6.8.3 First Astronomical Use of the Telescope in the Philippines -- 2.6.9 Manila Observatory -- 2.7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II: Southeast Asian Studies: Eclipses, Calendars, Time-Keeping and Tropical Astronomy -- Chapter 3: A Brief History of Vietnamese Astronomy and Calendars During the Reign of the Royal Dynasties -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Before Independence (Before the Tenth Century CE) -- 3.3 The Lý, Trần, and Hồ Dynasties and Ming Invasion (CE 1009-1427) -- 3.4 The Lê, Mạc and Tây Sơn Dynasties (1427-1788). 3.4.1 The Tonkin Regime (North Vietnam) -- 3.4.2 The Regime of the Nguyễn Lords (Cochinchina - South Vietnam) (1558-1802) -- 3.4.3 Memoirs of the Missionaries -- 3.5 The Tây Sơn Dynasty (1788-1802) -- 3.6 The Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) -- 3.6.1 The Calendar -- 3.6.2 Calendar Distribution -- 3.6.3 The Staff of the Khâm Thiên Giám -- 3.6.4 The Observatory (Quan Tượng Đài) -- 3.6.5 Office of the Khâm Thiên Giám -- 3.6.6 Astronomical Observations and Calculations -- 3.7 Twentieth Century French Astronomy in Vietnam -- 3.8 Astronomical Calendars of Ethnic Minorities -- Appendix: Old Vietnamese Astronomy Books Preserved in the Library of the Institute of Sino-Nom Studies (ISNS) and the National Library of Vietnam (NLV). -- References -- Chapter 4: Solar and Lunar Eclipse Records in Vietnam from Ancient Times Through to the Nineteenth Century -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Three Vietnamese Historical Sources -- 4.3 The Vietnamese Luni-solar Calendar -- 4.4 Eclipse Records in the VSL, TT& -- TB and ĐNTL -- 4.4.1 Solar Eclipse Records -- 4.4.2 Lunar Eclipse Records -- 4.5 Discussion -- 4.5.1 Reliability of Eclipse Records in the VSL, TT& -- TB and ĐNTL-CB -- 4.5.1.1 Reliability of Eclipse Records -- 4.5.1.2 Eclipse Records Before the Tenth Century -- 4.5.1.3 Eclipse Records since the Tenth Century -- 4.5.1.4 Eclipse Times and Total Eclipses Described in Records -- 4.5.2 Relation to the Luni-solar Calendar-making Method -- 4.5.3 Are Eclipse Records Based on Observations or Predictions? -- 4.5.3.1 Eclipse Records in Periods B and C -- 4.5.3.2 Eclipse Records in Period D -- 4.5.4 Solar Eclipse Records in the ĐNTL-TB -- 4.5.4.1 Two Vietnamese Calendars Used in the TT and ĐNTL-TB -- 4.5.4.2 The Low Reliability of Solar Eclipse Records in the ĐNTL-TB -- 4.5.4.3 Possible Explanation for the Low Reliability of the Solar Eclipse Records. 4.5.5 The Beginning Time of the Day -- 4.5.5.1 The Dates Used for Lunar Eclipse Records -- 4.5.5.2 The Accuracy of Lunar Eclipse Timings -- 4.5.5.3 The Beginning of the Day Inferred from Lunar Eclipse Records -- 4.5.5.4 Comparison with China, Korea and Japan -- 4.6 Summary -- Appendix 4.1 -- Appendix 4.2 -- Appendix 4.3 -- References -- Chapter 5: Father Antoine Thomas and the Birth of 'Modern Astronomy' in Thailand -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 'King Narai The Great' -- 5.2 Father Antoine Thomas: Siam's First Western Astronomer -- 5.2.1 Introduction -- 5.2.2 Antoine Thomas: The Early Years -- 5.2.3 Siam and Beyond -- 5.3 Father Thomas' Astronomical Observations While in Siam -- 5.3.1 Solar Observations and the Latitude of Ayutthaya -- 5.3.2 Stellar Observations made by Father Thomas from Ayutthaya -- 5.3.3 The Lunar Eclipse of 22 February 1682, and the Longitude of Ayutthaya -- 5.3.4 Thomas Goüye's Editorial Involvement -- 5.3.5 Pin-pointing Antoine Thomas' Observing Site -- 5.3.6 The Two Contingents of French Jesuit Missionary-Astronomers -- 5.4 Discussion -- 5.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 6: King Rama IV: Astronomer and 'The Father of Thai Science' -- 6.1 Introduction: A Biographical Sketch of King Rama IV -- 6.2 Science and Technology in the Rattanakosin Period -- 6.3 King Rama IV: Astronomer -- 6.3.1 Attitude to Education -- 6.3.2 Astronomy Education -- 6.4 King Rama IV and 'Modern Astronomy' -- 6.5 King Rama IV's 'Astronomical Observatory' -- 6.6 Time Reckoning and Time-Keeping in Nineteenth Century Siam -- 6.7 King Rama IV and Public Relations: Astronomy -- 6.7.1 King Rama IV and Spectacular Naked Eye Comets -- 6.7.1.1 Introduction -- 6.7.1.2 Donati's Comet (C/1858 L1) -- 6.7.1.3 The Great Comet of 1861 -- 6.8 Eclipses -- 6.8.1 The 1856 Songkran Royal Proclamation about Eclipses. 6.8.2 King Rama IV and the Total Solar Eclipse of 18 August 1868 -- 6.9 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: J.A.C. Oudemans and Nineteenth Century Astronomy in the Dutch East Indies -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 J.A.C. Oudemans: Biographical Sketch -- 7.3 Oudemans' Triangulation of the Dutch East Indies -- 7.4 Oudemans' Non-Meridian Astronomical Work While in the Dutch East Indies -- 7.4.1 A Comet, a Variable Star, Lunar Occultations, a Transit of Mercury and a Lunar Eclipse -- 7.4.2 Solar Eclipses -- 7.4.2.1 The 18 August 1868 Total Solar Eclipse -- 7.4.2.2 The 12 December 1871 Total Solar Eclipse -- 7.4.3 The 1874 Transit of Venus -- 7.4.4 Other Astronomical Activities -- 7.4.5 Return to the Motherland -- 7.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8: The 1875 British Solar Eclipse Expedition to Siam Led by Dr Arthur Schuster -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The 1875 Total Solar Eclipse -- 8.3 The Expedition -- 8.3.1 Preparations -- 8.3.2 The Voyage -- 8.3.3 Bangkok -- 8.3.3.1 Arrival -- 8.3.3.2 A Royal Audience -- 8.3.3.3 The Young Siam Lecture -- 8.3.4 Chulai Point -- 8.3.4.1 Traveling from Bangkok -- 8.3.4.2 The Observatory -- 8.3.4.3 Accommodation -- 8.3.4.4 Equipment and Preparations -- 8.3.4.5 H.M.S. Lapwing -- 8.3.4.6 Totality -- 8.3.4.7 Results -- 8.3.4.8 Present-day Place Names and the Location of the Observatory -- 8.3.5 The Return Trip -- 8.3.5.1 A Stop in Phetchaburi -- 8.3.5.2 A Stay in Bangkok -- 8.3.5.3 The Royal Palace Drawing Contest -- 8.3.5.4 The Meeting with Prince Maha Mala -- 8.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 9: Observations of the 6 April 1875 Total Solar Eclipse from the Grand Palace in Bangkok -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Events Surrounding the 6 April 1875 Total Solar Eclipse -- 9.2.1 British Activities -- 9.2.2 Thai Activities -- 9.2.3 Judges and Winners -- 9.3 Personalities at the Grand Palace. 9.3.1 From Lockyer and Schuster's Report on the Total Solar Eclipse of April 6, 1875. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466843003316 |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy : A Review of Current Projects and Future Prospects and Possibilities / / edited by Wayne Orchiston, Mayank N. Vahia
| Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy : A Review of Current Projects and Future Prospects and Possibilities / / edited by Wayne Orchiston, Mayank N. Vahia |
| Autore | Orchiston D. Wayne |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (820 pages) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy—Observations
Physics—Philosophy Southeast Asia—History Cultural property Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy History of Southeast Asia Cultural Heritage |
| ISBN | 3-030-62777-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part 1: Introductory Studies -- Chapter 1: Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy: A Checklist of Recent Research and Future Prospects and Possibilities -- Chapter 2: Exploring the History of Philippine Astronomy: Catholics, Comets, Eclipses and Ethnoastronomy -- Part 2: Southeast Asian Studies: Eclipses, Calendars, Time-keeping and Tropical Astronomy -- Chapter 3: A Brief History of Vietnamese Astronomy and Calendars during the Reign of the Royal Dynasties -- Chapter 4: Solar and Lunar Eclipse Records in Vietnam from Ancient Times through to the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 5: Father Antoine Thomas and the Birth of ‘Modern Astronomy’ in Thailand -- Chapter 6: King Rama IV: Astronomer and ‘The Father of Thai Science’ -- Chapter 7: J.A.C. Oudemans and Nineteenth Century Astronomy in the Dutch East Indies -- Chapter 8: The 1875 British Solar Eclipse Expedition to Siam Led by Dr Arthur Schuster -- Chapter 9: Observations of the 6 April 1875 Total Solar Eclipse from the Grand Palace in Bangkok -- Chapter 10: The Total Solar Eclipse of 9 May 1929: British and German Expeditions to Pattani in Southern Siam -- Chapter 11: The Total Solar Eclipse of 9 May 1929: the British Expedition to Alor Star in the Unfederated Malay State of Kedah -- Chapter 12: Time Signals for Mariners in SE Asia: Time Balls, Discs, Bells, Guns and Lights -- Part 3: Southeast Asian Studies: Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy -- Chapter 13: An Archaeoastronomical Investigation of Vaastu Shastra Principles (Vedic Architecture) Implemented in the City Planning of Ancient Chiang Mai -- Chapter 14: Astronomical Aspects of the Prambanan Temple in Central Java, Indonesia -- Chapter 15: Astronomical Knowledge and Practices of the Orang Asli of Malaysia -- Chapter 16: The Linkage Between Asterisms and Local Ecological Systems among the Austronesian Speakers of Southeast Asia -- Chapter 17: Folk Astronomy of the Northern West Coast of Peninsula Malaysia -- Chapter 18: Star Patterns in Mandar Navigation -- Chapter 19: Ethnoastronomy in Madura, Indonesia: Observations of the Night Sky and Eclipses -- Chapter 20: The Pengalantaka Eka Sungsang Ka Paing System and a Diagram for Determining Purnama and Tilem in the Balinese Calendar -- Part 4: Southeast Asia in Regional Context -- Chapter 21: Possible Influences of India on Southeast Asian Astronomy: A Brief Review of the Archaeoastronomical Record -- Chapter 22: The Influence of India on Southeast Asian Astronomy: Of Calendars and Calculations -- Chapter 23: Investigating the Astronomical Histories of India and Southeast Asia: The Role of Stone Inscriptions -- Chapter 24: The Evolution of Local Southeast Asian Astronomy and the Influence of China, India, the Islamic World and the West -- The Authors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910488706303321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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