Theoricae novae planetarvm Georgii Pvrbachii ... Quibus accesserunt: Ioannis de Monteregio Disputationes, super deliramenta theoricarum Gerardi Cremonensis. Item, Ioannis Essler ... Tractatus vtilis ante lx annos conscriptus, cui titulum fecit, Specvlvm astrologorvm ... Qvæstiones verò in Theoricas planetarum Purbachij, avthore Christiano Vrstisio ..
This collection consists of publications and memoranda from JPL relating to Newburn's work with the Laboratory, as well as correspondence with colleagues, including Marcia Neugebauer and H.C. Urey.
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Ray Leon Newburn (1933-), noted lunar and planetary scientist, first came to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a summer employee, after pursuing graduate study in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology. In his long tenure with JPL, he participated in the development of plans for lunar and planetary exploration and planetary models for mission design, served as JPL representative to NASA's Space Sciences Steering Committee's Astronomy Subcommittee and help establish the Table Mountain Observatory in 1962.
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Joseph Tatarewicz, David DeVorkin, Division of Space History, NASM, transfer, 1998, 1998-0058, unknown
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Theoricæ novæ planetarum Georgii Purbachij Germani. : quibus accesserunt, Ioannis de Monte Regio Disputationes, super deliramenta Theoricarum Gerardi Cremonensis : item, Ioannis Essler Maguntini, Tractatus utilis ante LX annos conscriptus, cui titulum fecit, Speculum astrologorum, in quo astrolog. errores, ex neglecta temporis æquatione prouenientes, ostenduntur, & multa quæ ad Theoricarum, præser...
Theoricae novae planetarum Georgii Purbachii Germani / ab Erasmo Reinholdo Salueldensi pluribus figuris auctæ, & illustratæ scholiis, quibus studiosi præparentur, ac inuitentur ad lectionem ipsius Ptolemæi ..
Mathematical tracts on the lunar and planetary theories, the figure of the earth, precession and nutation, the calculus of variations, and the undulatory theory of optics. Designed for the use of students in the university. By George Biddell Airy ..