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File · 26 January 1962
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of a lecture given by Father Burke-Gaffney to the Association of Professional Engineers of New Brunswick on January 26, 1962. The lecture concerns the shift in astronomy from being an observational science to an experimental science, and uses the study of comets as an example. The lecture contains many handwritten corrections by Burke-Gaffney. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 36
File · 1955-1962
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of two talks given by Father Burke-Gaffney to the RASC in Halifax, NS. The first was delivered on 27 September 1955, and provides an overview of the Astronomical Congress held in Dublin (Ireland) on August 29 to September 5 of that year (a major topic of discussion was radio astronomy). The second is dated 24 October 1962 and discusses satellites (and particularly those launched in the second half of 1962). 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1, File 9
File · 10 March 1962
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of two copies of a speech (one is five pages, the other six) delivered by Fr. Burke-Gaffney at an event which took place at the Lord Nelson Hotel on March 10, 1962. The speech deals with the importance of art/creativity to the scientific mind. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1, File 10
File · 10 February 1963
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of a typed copy of a lecture delivered by Father Burke-Gaffney to the Holy Name Society of Saint Lawrence Parish. The lecture challenges Sir Charles Percy Snow's view that science and the humanities represent two distinct cultures. The file also contains a list of questions Father Burke-Gaffney was asked at the lecture. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 38
File · 24 February 1960
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of the text of a lecture by Father Burke-Gaffney delivered to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The subject of the lecture was eclipses, and in particular focused on the eclipse of March 13, 1960. The lecture ends with a description of how that eclipse would look on the moon. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 25
File · 25 March 1964
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of a lecture given by Father Burke-Gaffney to the R.A.S.S. in Halifax. The lecture discusses 3C 48 (a quasar discovered in 1960), and similar objects judged to be of the same class of objects. This version contains handwritten corrections and annotations. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 1