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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volume 123 Number 1 2011

Special Centenary Anniversary Symposium Issue Commemorating Georg Von Neumayer: his Australian, German and Polar Scientific Achievements and Legacies

RS11000Preliminary material

RS11000PDF (1.7 MB)

RSv123n1_FOThe Georg von Neumayer Anniversary Symposium

David M. Dodd

pp. vi-vii

RSv123n1_FOPDF (357 KB)

RSv123n1_INWelcome Address

Graham Burrows

pp. viii-viii

RSv123n1_INPDF (1.1 MB)

RS11002Neumayer, Humboldt and the search for a global physics

R.W. Home

pp. 2-9

RS11002 Abstract | RS11002PDF (573 KB)

RS11011Neumayer in Australia: his scientific legacy

Patrick Quilty

pp. 11-18

RS11011 Abstract | RS11011PDF (1.9 MB)

RS11019Georg Neumayer and Melbourne Observatory: an institutional legacy

Richard Gillespie

pp. 19-26

RS11019 Abstract | RS11019PDF (405 KB)

RS11027Georg von Neumayer: his influence on marine meteorology in the German Meteorological Service

Wolfgang Kusch, Reinhold Zöllner and Frank-Ulrich Dentler

pp. 27-34

RS11027 Abstract | RS11027PDF (2.7 MB)

RS11035Neumayer’s impact on meteorology in Germany

Cornelia Lüdecke

pp. 35-47

RS11035 Abstract | RS11035PDF (9.7 MB)

RS11048Georg Neumayer’s magnetic survey of the colony of Victoria 1858–1864

Douglas Morrison

pp. 48-62

RS11048 Abstract | RS11048PDF (2.8 MB)

RS11062Georg von Neumayer’s legacy in geomagnetism

Charles Barton, Doug Morrison and Adrian Hitchman

pp. 62-69

RS11062 Abstract | RS11062PDF (443 KB)

RS11070Von Neumayer and the origins of Australian and international meteorology

John Zillman

pp. 70-77

RS11070 Abstract | RS11070PDF (3 MB)

RS11078The von Neumayer legacy in Australian meteorology

Mark Williams

pp. 78-82

RS11078 Abstract | RS11078PDF (2.2 MB)

RS11083Georg Balthasar von Neumayer: marine sciences in service of sea trade

Detlev Machoczek

pp. 83-93

RS11083 Abstract | RS11083PDF (9.2 MB)

RS11094Australian oceanography today

Neville Smith

pp. 94-94

RS11094 Abstract | RS11094PDF (370 KB)

RS11095Neumayer’s ambitions for polar research and his role in the establishment of the first International Polar Year 1882–83

Reinhard Krause

pp. 95-115

RS11095 Abstract | RS11095PDF (11.8 MB)

RS11116The State of Polar Research after the International Polar Year 2007–2008

Ian Allison

pp. 116-116

RS11116 Abstract | RS11116PDF (369 KB)

RS11117Georg von Neumayer and his traces in Germany

Jörn Thiede

pp. 117-122

RS11117 Abstract | RS11117PDF (1 MB)

RS11123Von Neumayer’s place in history a century on: closing remarks at the anniversary symposium