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2015
Schechner, Sara J. “Tortoises Sail the Sea.” Wonders and Marvels, 2015, 31 July 2015. Publisher's VersionAbstract

Analysis of a Galapagos tortoise specimen marked "Ship Abigail," which belongs to Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, with remarks on Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, and whaling.  Online at Wonders and Marvels.

tortoises_sail_the_sea.pdf
2012
Schechner, Sara J. “David P. Wheatland (1898 - 1993): Scholar, Author, Avid Collector, Sine qua non for the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.” The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, 2012. Read essay online Wheatland memoir (PDF)
2011
Schechner, Sara J. “Materialna kultura astronomii w życiu codziennym: Zegary słoneczne, nauka i przemiany społeczne.” GNOMONIKA.pl: Zegary słoneczne, czyli słoneczniki, 2011. Publisher's Version OnlineAbstract

"The Material Culture of Astronomy in Daily Life: Sundials, Science, and Social Change," Journal for the History of Astronomy 32 (2001): 189-222. Translated into Polish by Darek Oczki, and posted with color illustrations in three parts on the Polish sundial website, http://gnomonika.pl at these addresses:

  1. Zegary słoneczne, nauka i przemiany społeczne (cz. 1): http://gnomonika.pl/news.php?id=54
  2. Zegary słoneczne, nauka i przemiany społeczne (cz. 2): http://gnomonika.pl/news.php?id=59
  3. Zegary słoneczne, nauka i przemiany społeczne (cz. 3): http://gnomonika.pl/news.php?id=62
Zegary sloneczne czyli sloneczniki (PDF)