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MidnightSonneteer said:

You have a copy?

I just scrolled through it at the Internet archive and realized that though the math will be beyond me, I would certainly find poetic potential in the spectrophotometric and astrophysical lingo, and the charts can be interesting too.


Somewhere I do. I have boxes of books packed up in storage until I have an in-home library one day. Her dissertation, actually, all of her papers, used to be online in the Harvard archives ( I think ).

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Ahavati said:

Somewhere I do. I have boxes of books packed up in storage until I have an in-home library one day. Her dissertation, actually, all of her papers, used to be online in the Harvard archives ( I think ).


Barnes and Noble has STELLAR ATMOSPHERES available, but that seems to be a subsection of THE STARS OF HIGH LUMINOSITY.

I may have to resort to amazon, except that I try to boycott them because Bezos.

I'm going to check independents next.

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MidnightSonneteer said:

Barnes and Noble has STELLAR ATMOSPHERES available, but that seems to be a subsection of THE STARS OF HIGH LUMINOSITY.

I may have to resort to amazon, except that I try to boycott them because Bezos.

I'm going to check independents next.


I don't know if you'll be able to find anything here. There are reference links at the bottom which may serve as breadcrumbs to what you're seeking. I know her work used to be online because it's where I first discovered her.

https://library.cfa.harvard.edu/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin/education-and-doctoral-thesis

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Ahavati said:

I don't know if you'll be able to find anything here. There are reference links at the bottom which may serve as breadcrumbs to what you're seeking. I know her work used to be online because it's where I first discovered her.

https://library.cfa.harvard.edu/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin/education-and-doctoral-thesis


Oh thank you!

I meant to ask about the Harvard library, and I will check their Publishing and bookstore links. 🙏

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A depiction of the astrologer Abu Ma’shar on the astronomical clock of the St. Nikolai church in Stralsund, Germany.

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Tear Bottle: In ancient Greece and Rome, a small glass or earthen vessel filled with the tears of those who weep and left in the graves as a present for the dead.

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Ahavati said:Tear Bottle: In ancient Greece and Rome, a small glass or earthen vessel filled with the tears of those who weep and left in the graves as a present for the dead.

On Facebook I get posts from The Victorian Book of The Dead, and The Thanatos Archive, both of which have peculiar content regarding mourning traditions of yesteryear. Sad, but fascinating.

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MidnightSonneteer said:

On Facebook I get posts from The Victorian Book of The Dead, and The Thanatos Archive, both of which have peculiar content regarding mourning traditions of yesteryear. Sad, but fascinating.


Ohh I will check them out. Feel free to post some here!

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Ahavati said:. . .

Re: Celtic writing systems

https://www.ogham.academy/blog/ogham-definition

the first  Celtic written alphabet, was mostly scratched onto wooden posts, dates back to the iron age.

Not a whole load of the posts are still around, but the system survives


Edit (am not meaning to intrude, or be rude. I think i have referenced ogham once or twice on the forums  over the years.)

That said, the tradition of seanchai (shan-a-he) stayed through to the mid 19th century until emigration fairly decimated it

Seanchai was a guy who travelled from village to village to tell stories, and educate people. It was a big thing when he came to the village

after the Celts, when the Irish became Christians a lot of the old traditions were taboo, druids were hunted down and killed, the adoration or nature, especially trees became witch-craft-esque

Book of Kells was written in the 8th century, its a Christian manuscript written and illustrated by monks hiding from the Vikings who'd normally pillage the gold and wine then kill the monks, the monks got wise and started building towers, pulled the ladders up when the vikings were afoot

In the 12th century Irish language (Gaelic) and traditions were banned. punishable by death. the language died out for the most part

became mandatory in schools after 1920"s but not many people actually learned it. became the in thing around 1990, fair amount of people can speak it now.

Goes to show though, for a language which has some  roots in the iron age, nearly died out and  is on the way to thrive again

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I don't think you're being rude or intruding. This thread is for everyone. History is vital to understanding the present and so we don't repeat it going forward. Thanks for sharing and expounding on the topic. I appreciate it.

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