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| Table of Contents: Issue 97 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Appropriate material will be referenced in Physics Abstracts | ||
| Editorial | 1 | |
| Ivory Telescopes: Perspicillum Anno 1608-1720 | Stuart Talbot | 2 |
| Beginner's Page: The Amsler Planimeter | John Lawrence | 13 |
| Thomas Dawson and the Parramatta Observatory Instruments | Julian Holland | 14 |
| Galton's Whistle: History and Recalibration | Allan Mills | 21 |
| A 'Science Faction' Orrery | Michael Whiting | 25 |
| Preserving Memory in the University of Porto: the Physics Collection of the Faculty of Science | M. Monteiro, L.M. Bernardo, J.M. Araujo | 27 |
| An Unusual Postcard | Willem Hackmann | 30 |
| Visit to the Galton and Wellcome Collections on Friday, 29th February 2008 | Marcus Cavalier | 31 |
| Current and Future Events | 33 | |
| The Bissaker Slide Rule in the Science Museum, London | Werner H. Rudowski | 34 |
| Mystery Objects | 41 | |
| Letters to the Editor | 43 | |
| Another Mystery: A Scientific Magic Lantern Slide? | Willem Hackmann | 44 |