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Dr. Harold Whichello: medicine and astronomy in Cheshire

History and Philosophy of Physics 2013-03-29 v1

Abstract

Dr. Harold Whichello (1870-1945) was a Cheshire General Practitioner and an enthusiastic amateur astronomer. He joined the British Astronomical Association in 1898 and undertook observations for its Lunar, Solar and Variable Star Sections using a 6-inch Wray refractor. He also contributed lunar occultation predictions and comet ephemerides to its Computing Section.

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@article{arxiv.1303.7086,
  title  = {Dr. Harold Whichello: medicine and astronomy in Cheshire},
  author = {Jeremy Shears and Theresa Hull},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.7086},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Accepted for publication in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 20 pages, 9 figures