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The Astrolabe

An ancient instrument for solving problems of location and distance, as well as time

Astrolábon órganon is the word used in Ptolemaeus Syntaxis 5.1 to describe a form of armillary sphere consisting of both fixed and rotating rings for determining the ecliptic co-ordinates of stars. Also called astrolabe were two-dimensional representations of the celestial sphere: over fixed disks with a representation of the horizon of the earth (in each case for a specific geographic latitude) and its parallels up to the zenith lies a rotating representation of the heavens (called ‘spider’ or ‘net’) with zodiac and indicators for some of the brightest stars. On the back is an indicator (‘alidade’) with visor plates for calculating the height of the stars. The astrolabe allows its user to determine the hours of day and night, the positions of stars, and the height and depth of objects on earth (mountains, buildings, wells). The oldest extant descriptions of the flat, planispheric astrolabe come from Iohannes Philoponus, 6th century AD, and (in Syrian) from Severus Sebokht, c. 660 AD. Indirect references may date back as early as Theon (4th cent.). Between the 8th and the 9th centuries the Arabs appropriated the knowledge of the astrolabe. At the end of the 10th century and again in the 12th century, they passed it on to Western Europe, where astrolabes were constructed up until the 17th cent. Today, one Byzantine astrolabe (from 1062) is extant, as are some 750 Arabic-Islamic astrolabes and approximately the same number of European astrolabes.

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Advanced Composite Materials

The official Journal of the Japan Society for Composite Materials and the Korea Society for Composite Materials

Editors-in-Chief: H. Fukunaga (Sendai, Japan ) and K.S. Han (Seoul, Korea)

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ISSN:	0924-3046
E-ISSN:	1568-5519

Current:	Volume 18 (2009)
Number of Issues:	4
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JSCM Editorial Board
Y. Aoki Funabashi K. Hamamoto Utsunomiya M. Hojo Kyoto N. Ikuta Fujisawa Y. Iwahori Mitaka S. Kobayashi Hachioji H. Murayama Tokyo A. Nakai Kyoto K. Ogi Matsuyama T. Okabe Sendai G. Sasaki Higashihiroshima Y. Shimamura Hamamatsu K. Yamagishi Yokohama K. Yamaguchi Iyo
KSCM Editorial Board
J.H. Byun Changwon N.S. Choi Ansan K.S. Han Pohang J.H. Han Daejeon S.H. Hong Daejeon W. Hwang Pohang T.J. Kang Seoul B.S. Kim Changwon C.G. Kim Daejeon K.S. Kim Jochiwon S.J. Kim Seoul D.G. Lee Daejeon I. Lee Daejeon J.H. Lee Busan W.I. Lee Seoul J.M. Park Jinju J.R. Youn Seoul
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C. Bathias Paris, France A.H. Cardon Brussels, Belgium I. Crivelli- Visconti Naples, Italy K. Friedrich Kaiserslautern, Germany P. Gudmondson Stockholm, Sweden Z. Hashin Tel Aviv, Israel P.J. Hogg London, UK M.W. Hyer Blacksburg, VA, USA N.G.R. Iyengar Kanpur, India F.R. Jones Sheffield, UK A. Kelly Cambridge, UK P.A. Lagace Cambridge, MA, USA H. Lilholt Roskilde, Denmark Y.W. Mai Sydney, Australia I.H. Marshall Clayton, Australia S.A. Paipetis Patras, Greece K.M. Prewo East Hartford, CT, USA K.L. Reifsnider Storrs, CT, USA M.L. Scott Melbourne, Australia G.S. Springer Stanford, CA, USA M. Taya Seattle, WA, USA V.E. Verijenko Durban, South Africa J.R. Vinson Newark, DE, USA M.R. Wisnom Bristol, UK

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Advanced Composite Materials, a quarterly publication of the Japan Society for Composite Materials and the Korean Society for Composite Materials, provides an international forum for researchers, manufacturers and designers who are working in the field of composite materials and their structures. Issues contain articles on all aspects of current scientific and technological progress in this interdisciplinary field. The topics of interest are physical, chemical, mechanical and other properties of advanced composites as well as their constituent materials; experimental and theoretical studies relating microscopic to macroscopic behavior; testing and evaluation with emphasis on environmental effects and reliability; novel techniques of fabricating various types of composites and of forming structural components utilizing these materials; design and analysis for specific applications. Advanced Composite Materials publishes refereed original research papers, review papers, technical papers and short notes as well as some translated papers originally published in the Journal of the Japan Society for Composite Materials. Issues also contain news items such as information on new materials and their processing.

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