The Griffith Observer Bound magazines 1976-77 v 40-41 24 issues astronomy

Title: The Griffith Observer
Vol. 40 Jan-Dec. 1976 & Vol. 41 Jan.-Dec. 1977

Classification: Magazine Science Astronomy

Publication Information: Published monthly by the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California.

Additional Information: Each issue has 24 pages. Illustrated.

Summary: The Griffith Observer was established in 1937 and is the Observatory’s own monthly magazines and contains articles on astronomy and information about the activities and events at the observatory. Contents include:
• Wilkinson, Peter N. & Althea - Solar Activity and its Influence on Weather
• McCarthy, Terrence M. - Where do We Go From Here? Thoughts on the Proposed Colonization of Space
• Koppany, Robert - The Astrolabe
• Roques, Paul E. - Astronomical Instrument Care: Part 4 - The Mounting
• Krupp, E. C. - Christening the Galaxies
• Oriti, Ronald A. - Some Thoughts On Flying Saucers and UFOs
• Roques, Paul E. - Astronomical Instrument Care: Part 5 - Balance
• Cleminshaw, C. H. - Relations Between the Periods of Mercury, Venus and Earth
• Oriti, Ronald A. - Celestial Monsters
• Amateur Astrophotography
• Krupp, E. C. - Stonehenge: The New Astronomy (A Brief Introduction)
• Bunton, George W. & Ciotti, Joseph E. - Stonehenge A Fifty-Six Year Eclipse Cycle?
• Mayer, Ben - From the Wastepaper Basket to the Smithsonian
• Mayer, Ben - You Can Take it With You
- The 1976 Winners
• Stern, David P. - Beyond the Radiation Belt
• Walter, R. Kenneth - Trouble Spots on the Sun
• Pasachoff, Jay M. - Quasars
• Krupp, E. C. - Megalithic Eggs
• Bell, Trudy E. - From the Jaws of Victory: The Checkered Career of Isaac Greenwood
• Seeberg, Stanley J. - The Adventure of Chasing a Comet
• Comet West – A Photographers Comet
• Dengler, Alyce - A Nature-Faker's Guide to Interpretation in the Rough
• Tenn, Joe S. - The Search for Solar Neutrinos
• Oriti, Ronald A. - Tom Cragg Moves to Australia
• Roques, Paul E.- The Observer's Log Book 8 1976 Observer
• Heintz, W. D. The Story of VW Cephei
• Krupp, E. C. - A New Full Moon
• Snow, Theodore P. - The Interstellar Medium: Much Ado About Nothing?
• Sever, Thomas Lee - The Obsession with the Star Sirius
• Krupp, E. C. - On Not Taking it Seriously
• Irwin, John B. - The Case for Impractical Science
• Seldon, Sandra - The Eighth Annual Riverside Telescope Makers Conference
• Oriti, Ronald A. & Oriti, Barbara E. - Earthquakes, Moonquakes and Starquakes (Part 1 of 2)
• Duncan, Douglas K. & Hawley, Steven A. - Approaching the Speed of Light
• Oriti, Ronald A. & Oriti, Barbara E. - Earthquakes, Moonquakes and Starquakes (Part 2 of 2)
• Krupp, E. C. - An Elliptical Question
• Zeilik, Michael - The Big Bang and the Birth of Galaxies
• Rodman, Robert - A Linguistic Note on the Christmas Star
• Van Millingen, B. A. - Astronomy and Tumuli Surrounding Stonehenge – An Investigation
• Index to Volume 40, 1976
• Rubin, Alan Edward - The Great Depression
• Sanford, John - A Proposed Supernova Identification Atlas
• Jones, Robert E. - Exposures for Unguided Field Photography
• Jones, Robert E. - Printing Star Field Photographs
• Irwin, John - The Case of the Peculiar Pickets
• Koppany, Bob - Nikola Tesla and His Famous Coil
• Barton, Mark - The Tesla Coil: Its Care and Feeding
• Benford, Gregory - Shrouded in Mystery: The Exploration of Venus (Part 1 of 2)
• Benford, Gregory - Shrouded in Mystery: Venus and Planetary Evolution (Part 2 of 2)
• Berger, Benita - Seventeenth Century Discoveries the Impact of the “New Astronomie”
• Verschuur, Gerrit L. - Starfolk
• Gribbin, John - Thiotimoline and Spoonbending: the Tachyonic Link
• The 1977 Winners
• Upton, Edward K. L. - The Leonids Were Dead, They Said
• Krupp, E. C. - Cahokia: Corn, Commerce and the Cosmos
• Gribbin, John - How “Normal” is Our Sun?
• Reaves, Gibson - The Influence of Nonscientific Literature on the Development of Astronomy
• Mayer, Ben - A Flip-top Observatory
• Chapin, Seymour L. - Cassini IV at the Paris Observatory, 1785-1793: An Institution revolutionized & Revolutionized
• Krupp, E. C. - The von Daniken Phenomenon
• Ball, Michael T. - Installation of Your New Planet
• Krupp, E. C. - Lords of the Rings
• Lunan, Duncan - A Dust Cloud Orbiting the Sun?
• Krupp, E. C. - The Observatory of Kukulcan
• Irwin, John B. - The Case of the Celestial Shadows
• Mayer, Ben - Cygnid Swansong: A Nova Revisited
• Luckerman, Marvin Arnold More Sirius Difficulties
• Tucker, Wallace H. - Astronomy’s New Superstars: Supergiant Galaxies
• Gribbin, John - Cosmic Gushers: White Holes and the Universe
• Selden, Sandra - The Ninth Annual Riverside Telescope Makers’ Conference
• Verschuur, Gerrit L. - The Gaea Hypothesis – Our Living Planet
• Mayer, Ben - The Blinking Astronomer
• Pesch, Roland - The Last Sirius Inquiry?

Condition: Hardcover bound volume, Ex-Lib – usual stamps/marks, page edges are stamped, covers are on issues, bound volume covers show slight wear and faint soiling, text is sound and clean. Overall very good copy.

Shipping & Handling/Payment: Bound Printed Matter with insurance, $9.00. (Periodicals and Magazines with advertising cannot ship media mail according to USPS regulations). If insurance is not included in s&h charges, it is extra and recommended as Seller is not responsible for uninsured items. F.O.B. Miller, SD. Next day shipping (except Fri. & Sat.) with money orders. With checks (US only) item held 10-12 days (no exceptions). Paypal the next day (Mon-Thurs) after I have received notification. Multiple Purchases will be combined up to 15 pounds (Bound Printed Matter weight limit) again please contact me for the correct amount, excessive overcharges will be refunded. SD residents will be charged 6 ½% sales tax. Thanks for looking.


Whatnots Books & Etc (licensed used book store)
50,000 Books & Magazines for Sale. Specializing in South Dakota Books.