Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Lombong Sg Lembing

 

Lombong Bawah Tanah Sg Lembing sering disebut ketika menyampai kuliah ukur bawah tanah. 

Baca artikel "Geologi pemeliharaan dan pemulihan bekas terowong Sungai Lembing Kuantan Pahang sebagai warisan tapak geologi". Bulletin of GSM 2010 (link).

Baca juga Museum Sg Lembing - link.

Baca juga sejarah perlombongan Daerah Dungun. Tesis MA UM 2004 (link).


Terowong Sg Lembing yang dibuka kepada pelawat umum

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Monday, December 7, 2020

Cassini dan NASA

Nama Cassini turut mendapat pengiktirafan oleh NASA. Projek kapal angkasa mengembara ke Saturn yang diusahakan oleh NASA dinamakan Cassini. Ini bertepatan dengan sumbangan Cassini yang merupakan ahli astronomi yang mengesan kewujudan jalur gelang planet Saturn.

Turut mendapat pengiktirafan dalam projek Saturn ialah Huygens, seorang ahli astronomi / sains Belanda.

 

 

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Saturday, December 5, 2020

Cassinis And Geodesy

Cassini family has contributed a lot in geodesy. There were four family members of Cassini involved in the advancement of geodesy from 17th to 18th Century. The four members were;

Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712) – Cassini I. He discovered four satellites of planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of Saturn. In 1669 he moved to Paris Observatory.

Jacques Cassini (1677-1756) – Cassini II

Cesar-Francois Cassini de Thurry (1714-1784) – Cassini III

Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748-1845) – Cassini IV.

Giovanni Cassini (wiki)

Read about Cassinis bio here – spacecom;


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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Tesis Geodetik Dalam Negara

 

Pencarian bahan geodetik menemukan banyak tesis hasil kajian oleh mereka yang sesetengahnya kita kenal.

Abdul Hadi Abdul Samad (2002) "Height accuracy or Radargrammetric generated DEM". MSc UPM. Tesis dikemuka ke Faculty of Forestry seliaan Prof Dr Kamaruzaman Jusoff. (upm - link). Period pelajar Afdillah Hj Jual (Sabah) dan Yusof Shahadan (Penentuan parameter objek parabola).

Robin Seet Poh Aik (2013) "Accurate low-water line determination: the influence of Malaysia's legislation and coastal policies on maritime baseline integrity". MSc Glasgow. (gla - link). Period pelajar Tan Tian Chaun "Adjustment by iterative weighting" dan Norehan long wavelength GGM. Robin graduan BGeom 2002 projek berkaitan astronomi iaitu kajian ketepatan skala waktu awam. Kini firma LS berpejabat di Puchong.

Anuar bin Mohd Salleh (2017) "Design and development of ocean monitoring system based on GPS". PhD UTHM, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Eng. Seliaan Dr Effendi Daud. (uthm - link).


Pantai TC, Kuantan

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Saturday, November 28, 2020

Balai Cerap di Malaysia

 

Beberapa Balai Cerap di Malaysia dibina untuk cerapam astronomi khususnya untuk tujuan Falak.


Balai Cerapan Putatan, Sabah

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Monday, November 23, 2020

Tesis Popularization of Astronomy in the Twentieth Century

 

Tesis "Public Skies: telescopes and the popularization of astronomy in the twentieth century" oleh Gary Leonard Cameron pada 2010. Tesis phd in History of Science and Technology, Iowa State Uni. Tebal 349 m/surat.

Kandungan:

Introduction; Perfecting a sharper image: the manufacture and marketing of telescope to the early 20th century; Rich-man's hobby: the state of amateur astronomy prior to 1920; Poor man's solution: amateur telescope making 1920-1940; War and a revolution: commercial telescope for the hobbyist 1940-1960; Other modes and models: popularization of astronomy in Europe and Japan; Conclusion.

Source - iowa 2010.

Sebuah rumah bot Kashmir

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Tesis History of Observatory - From Maragha to Mount Wilson

 

Tesis "History of the observatory as an institution: from Maragha to Mount Wilson" oleh Rihab Sawah pada 2011. Tesis MA in History, Uni of Missouri, St Louis. Tebal 106 m/surat.

Kandungan:

Introduction; Early history of observational astronomy; Transition One: Maragha Observatory - earliest model of the modern observatory; Transition Two: introduction of the telescope to the observatory; Transition Three: astronomy research as a science for the sake of science; Conclusions.

Source - uni of missouri 2011.

Tasik Dal, Kashmir

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