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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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Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

The international journal of theoretical and basic aspects of adhesion science and its applications in all areas of technology.

Editor-in-Chief: K.L. Mittal (Hopewell Junction, NY, USA), Co-Editors H.-J. Kim (Seoul, Korea), J.M. Martín-Martínez (Alicante, Spain)

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ISSN:	0169-4243
E-ISSN:	1568-5616

Current:	Volume 23 (2009)
Number of Issues:	16
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M. K. Apalak Kayseri, Turkey I. Benedek Wuppertal, Germany J.C. Berg Seattle, WA, USA A.K. Bhowmick Kharagpur, India A. Carré Avon, France C. Cetinkaya Potsdam, NY, USA M.K. Chaudhury Bethlehem, PA, USA E. Chibowski Lublin, Poland A.D. Crocombe Guildford, UK L.F.M. da Silva Porto, Portugal G.D. Davis Baltimore, MD, USA E. Delgado-Fornue Zapopan, Mexico C. Della Volpe Trento, Italy K.L. DeVries Salt Lake City, UT, USA H. Dodiuk Ramat-Gan, Israel J. Drelich Houghton, MI, USA L.T. Drzal East Lansing, MI, USA Ph. Dubois Mons, Belgium F.M. Etzler Ridgefield, CT, USA M.M. Feldstein Moscow, Russia J.F. Friedrich Berlin, Germany D.G. Gardner Orono, ME, USA W. (Voytek) S. Gutowski Highett, Vic., Australia R.F. Hamade Beirut, Lebanon P. Herrmann, Jr. São Carlos, Brazil K. Johansson Stockholm, Sweden E.T. Kang Singapore V. Kovacevic Zagreb, Croatia H.-C. Langowski Munich, Germany D.G. Lee Taejon, Korea B. Love Ann Arbor, MI, USA J.W.G. Mahy Arnhem, The Netherlands J. Matinlinna Hong Kong, PR China J.G. Matisons Adelaide, Australia W. Ming Durham, NH, USA M. Nardin Mulhouse, France A.N. Netravali Ithaca, NY, USA M. Ochi Osaka, Japan R.A. Pethrick Glasgow, UK A. Pizzi Epinal, France A.V. Pocius St. Paul, MN, USA Y. Qiu Shanghai, PR China D.S. Rimai Rochester, NY, USA E. Sancaktar Akron, OH, USA F. Simon Dresden, Germany J.K. Spelt Toronto, Canada W.J. van Ooij Cincinnati, OH, USA C.P. Wong Atlanta, GA, USA J. Zhang Beijing, PR China Y.-P. Zhao Beijing, PR China

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The Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology provides a forum for the basic aspects, theories and mechanisms of adhesion and deals with applications of adhesion principles in all areas of technology. Issues contain original articles, reviews and short communications in the following areas: theories of adhesion; surface energetics; fracture mechanics; development and applications of surface-sensitive methods to study adhesion phenomena; nondestructive methods for bond failure studies; techniques for the measurement of adhesion of thin films, thick films and coatings; surface modification of polymers to improve their adhesion; mechanisms and studies of coupling agents; adhesive joints, wood bonding and adhesion aspects of composite materials; biomedical materials; structural adhesives; paint and coatings (e.g. in relation to corrosion control); adhesion aspects in microelectronics; adhesion of lithographic materials; metallized plastics; rubber and elastomer adhesion; adhesion of aerospace materials.

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