Picturing the moon: Hevelius’s and Riccioli’s visual debate

This article investigates the maps of the moon produced in the mid-seventeenth century by Jesuit Giambattista Riccioli (1598-1671) and Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), whose cartographic projects competed for widespread acceptance. Although Hevelius’s Selenographia (1647) was applauded for its many detailed, self-engraved pictures of the moon, his cartography and proposed nomenclature were supplanted by Riccioli’s as offered in Almagestum novum (1651), in spite of the latter’s simplistic pictures and promotion of geocentric cosmology. Exploring this paradox through pictorial analysis, three types of images common to both Selenographia and Almagestum novum are compared, employing an analytical tool developed by Svetlana Alpers in The art of describing (1983). A focus on this debate exposes the tensions evoked by new technologies of vision and competing cultures of visual epistemology in seventeenth-century astronomy. As both selenographers grappled with questions about the role of representation and what kinds of knowledge could be generated visually, the successes and failures of their competing projects present implications for the course of visual astronomy, as well as for our understanding of the use of ‘visual technologies’ in a period of controversy.     

The Development of Materials for the Production of Hydrogen from Bio-ethanol

1 Results There is an increased interest in the hydrogen production from renewable sources. In this context, recently, numerous studies which use ethanol for hydrogen production have appeared. Ethanol is easily handled, non-toxic, and it can be obtained from biomass. The steam-reforming of bioethanol has been shown to beeffective for hydrogen production:C2H5OH 3 H2O  6 H2 2 CO2. Six moles of hydrogen can be yielded for each mole of ethanol reacted. However, depending on the catalyst used, other und...     

Innovation on Petroleum Engineering Technology of China Beach and Shallow Water Areas

1Chinaoffshoreoil&gasresourcesandtheircharacteristicfeatures　Chinaoffshoreoil&gasexplorationstartedduringthe1 95 0s .Until 1 971 ,thecommercialHai 4fieldwasfoundinBohai.Subsequentlytwoproductionplatformswereconstruc ted ,thefirstChinaoffshoreoilfieldwasformed .Fromthenon ,Chinaoffshoreoil&gasexplorationandexploitationspeedbecameprogressivelyfaster.Afteralargeamountofexplorationwork ,theoilandgasresourcesinChinacoastalareasweremadeclearpreliminarily .AccordingtoState sSecondaryResourceEva…     

核磁共振成像用磁体的计算机辅助设计

核磁共振成像用的磁体要求在一定的磁场强度下保持大范围的均匀度。本文给出球形空芯磁体和环形空芯磁体的计算机辅助设计方法。     

DEA-based anti-HIV immunotherapy model

Acquiredimmunitydeficiencysyndrome(AIDS)isoneofthemostfataldiseasesthathasspreadacrossthewholeworldsinceitfirstoccurred.Itiscausedbythehumanimmunodeficiencyvirus(HIV)[1].Mostofthechemotherapiesareaimedatkillingorhaltingthepathogen,butanewtreatmentistoreduceviralpopulationandimprovetheimmuneresponse.Thistreatmentcanboosttheimmunesystemandservetohelpthebodyfightinfectiononitsown,soitiscalledantiHIVimmunotherapy[2,3].TheaimofthisworkistofindefficientstrategiesforsuchtreatmentsusingtheDataEnv…     

三要素产出函数中技术要素的突变特性研究

在一定的假设条件下 ,构建包括劳动、资本和技术要素在内的三要素产出函数。将技术作为状态变量 ,劳动和资本分别作为控制变量 ,运用突变理论中的尖点突变模型讨论三要素产出函数中技术不同于普通生产要素的特殊性 ,也即技术非连续变化条件下 ,生产要素技术投入的各种突变情况     

谈谈多媒体英语教学

文章介绍综合利用软件，创造良好的多媒体英语教学环境的方法和多媒体在英语课堂上的使用，以及多媒体英语教学需要注意的问题。     

数列{N(u,v)=2uv+u+v}的若干性质

本文得出了数列{N（u,v)=2uv u v}的一些性质，并提出了关于素数的一个猜想。     

籽瓜植株(地上部)的生长发育规律

对内蒙古地区有代表性的四个籽瓜品种植株(地上部)的生长发育进行了研究．结果表明：内蒙古籽瓜的全生育期为92-101d，籽瓜植株的生长发育可分为发芽期、幼苗期、伸蔓期和结果期，结果期分为前期(开花座果期)、中期(果实膨大期)、后期(种子成熟期)．发芽期、幼苗期以叶为生长中心，伸蔓期、结果前期以茎为生长中心，进入结果中期以果实为生长中心不同生育分期长短的差异主要表现在结果中期的差异上．     

中小企业ERP实施成因初探

通过对一个中小企业实施ERP的典型案例分析，归纳出了中小企业实施ERP失败的主要原因。并给出了中小企业实施ERP成功的要点。