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2014
Schechner, Sara J. “Historical Instruments in the Mikulov Collections.” Journal for the History of Astronomy 45, no. 1 (2014): 134-135.Abstract

Review of Historické vědecké přístroje v mikulovských sbírkách:  Katalog vědeckých přístrojů z 16. až 19. století ve sbírkách Regionálního muzea v Mikulově [Historical Scientific Instruments in the Mikulov Collections: Catalogue of Scientific Instruments from the 16th to 19th Centuries in the Collection of the Regional Museum in Mikulov] by Zdeněk Horsky.

jha_book_review_mikulov_collections_vol.45_1_2014_pp.134-135.pdf
2013
Schechner, Sara J. “Issues and Challenges in the Protection of Different Categories of Astronomical Heritage: A Report from Beijing 2012.” American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 221 (2013): 91.03. Read at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
2012
Schechner, Sara J. “An American of Many Lives. Review of Two Brides for Apollo: The Life of Samuel Williams, 1743-1817, by Robert F. Rothschild.” Journal for the History of Astronomy 43, no. 1 (2012): 122-123. Publisher's Version jha_book_rothschild_on_samuel_williams_vol.43_1_2014_pp.122-123.pdf
2011
Schechner, Sara J. “IAU Historical Instruments Working Group: Triennial Report (2009-2011).” Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 14 (2011): 235-236.
Schechner, Sara J. “Division IX/Commission 41/Working Group Historical Instruments.” Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7, no. T28A (2011): 400-402. PDF
2010
Schechner, Sara J. “Review of Eastern Astrolabes, by David Pingree.” HAD News April 2010, no. 76 (2010): 6-7.
Schechner, Sara J. “Essay Review of Eastern Astrolabes, by David Pingree.” Aestimatio 7 (2010): 7-11.
2009
Schechner, Sara J. “Early American Telescopes.” Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 41, no. 1 (2009): 186. Abstract at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Schechner, Sara J. “The Adventures of Captain John Smith Among the Mathematical Practitioners: Cosmology, Mathematics, and Power at the Time of Jamestown.” Rittenhouse: Journal of the Scientific Instrument Enterprise 21, no. 2 (2009): 126-144. rittenhouse_vol21_2007_schechner_adventures_of_caption_john_smith.pdf
2007
Schechner, Sara J. “The Adventures of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, and a Sundial: Cosmology, Mathematics, and Power at the Time of Jamestown.” Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 39, no. 4 (2007): 786. Abstract at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Schechner, Sara J. “The Adventures of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, and a Sundial.” The Compendium 14, no. 1 (2007): 19-24. schechner_smith_pocahontas_sundial_compendium_2007.pdf
2006
Schechner, Sara J. “Review of Elizabethan Instrument Makers: The Origins of the London Trade in Precision Instrument Making, by Gerard L’E. Turner.” Isis 97 (2006): 743.
Schechner, Sara J. “Astrolabes and the Medieval Traveler.” AVISTA Forum Journal 16, no. 1/2 (2006): 30-32.
Chaplin, Joyce, Sara J Schechner, and Thomas Horrocks. “Benjamin Franklin: A How-To Guide, Catalog of the Exhibition.” Harvard Library Bulletin 17, no. 1-2, spring-summer, special double issue, "Benjamin Franklin: A How-To Guide" (2006): 47-99. full text online
Schechner, Sara J. “Benjamin Franklin and a Tale of Two Electrical Machines.” Harvard Library Bulletin 17, no. 1-2, spring-summer, special double issue, "Benjamin Franklin: A How-To Guide" (2006): 33-40. full text online
2005
Schechner, Sara J. “Astronomy behind Enemy Lines in Colonial North America: John Winthrop’s Observations of the Transits of Venus.” Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 37, no. 4 (2005): 1241. Abstract at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Schechner, Sara J. “Between Knowing and Doing: Mirrors and Their Imperfections in the Renaissance.” Early Science and Medicine 10 (2005): 137-162.
2004
Schechner, Sara J. “Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Its Astronomical Treasures.” Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 7 (2004): 59-60.
2003
Schechner, Sara J. “Comets: Sublunary or Celestial? Review of The Age of Two-Faced Janus: The Comets of 1577 and 1618 and the Decline of the Aristotelian World View in the Netherlands, by Tabitta van Nouhuys.” Journal for the History of Astronomy 34 (2003): 118-119. Read at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
2001
Schechner, Sara J. “The Material Culture of Astronomy in Daily Life: Sundials, Science, and Social Change.” Journal for the History of Astronomy 32 (2001): 189-222. Read at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

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