Research articleRestricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 1986pp. 77-88Scepticism and French Interest in Copernicanism to 1630 Frederic J. BaumgartnerPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Research articleRestricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 1986pp. 89-98The Star Catalogue Commonly Appended to the Alfonsine Tables Paul KunitzschPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Research articleRestricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 1986pp. 99-108A Neglected Galilean Letter Stillman DrakePreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Research articleRestricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 1986pp. 109-118The Length of the Year in the Original Proposal for the Gregorian Calendar Noel M. SwerdlowPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Research articleRestricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 1986pp. 119-129Failure and Success: Two Early Experiments with Concave Gratings in Stellar Spectroscopy Donald E. OsterbrockPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Book reviewRestricted accessBook reviewFirst published May, 1986pp. 130-133Essay Review: Rheticus: NARRATIONES PRIMA ET SECUNDA: Georgii Joachimi Rhetici Narratio Prima K. P. Moesgaard, Owen GingerichPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Book reviewRestricted accessBook reviewFirst published May, 1986pp. 133-136Essay Review: Rheticus: NARRATIONES PRIMA ET SECUNDA: G. J. Rheticus' Treatise on Holy Scripture and the Motion of the Earth : With translation,annotations,commentary and additional chapters on Ramus-Rheticus and the development of the problem before 1650 N. M. SwerdlowPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Book reviewRestricted accessBook reviewFirst published May, 1986pp. 137-143Essay Review: Kepler,Hypothesis and Scientific Methodology: The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science: Kepler's “A Defence of Tycho against Ursus” with Essays on its Provenance and Significance Edward Grant, Volker BialasPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Book reviewRestricted accessBook reviewFirst published May, 1986pp. 143-144Book Review: Copernicus in Context: Copernicus and the Scientific Revolution Victor ThorenPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Book reviewRestricted accessBook reviewFirst published May, 1986pp. 144-146Book Review: Maclear and Herschel at the Cape: Maclear and Herschel: Letters and Diaries at the Cape of Good Hope 1834–1838 David S. EvansPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Book reviewRestricted accessBook reviewFirst published May, 1986pp. 146-147Book Review: Observations of Venus's 1769 Transit: The 1769 Transit of Venus: The Baja California Observations of Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche,Vicente de Doz,and Joaquín Velazquez Cárdenas de León Albert van HeldenPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Book reviewRestricted accessBook reviewFirst published May, 1986pp. 147-148Book Review: The Gregorian Calendar in Context: Gregorian Reform of the Calendar: Proceedings of the Vatican Conference to Commemorate its 400th Anniversary,1582–1982 William B. AshworthPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
Book reviewRestricted accessBook reviewFirst published May, 1986pp. 148-150Book Review: Early Chinese Planetary Astronomy: Les Premières Théories Planétaires Chinoises Michio YanoPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
ObituaryRestricted accessObituaryFirst published May, 1986pp. 150-152Edward Rosen (1906–1985) I. Bernard CohenPreview abstractGet AccessAbstract
OtherRestricted accessOtherFirst published May, 1986pp. 153-154Notes on Contributors Preview abstractGet AccessAbstract