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Sundials : history, theory, and practice / René R. J. Rohr ; with a foreword by Henri Michel ; translated by Gabriel Godin.
- Title
- Sundials : history, theory, and practice / René R. J. Rohr ; with a foreword by Henri Michel ; translated by Gabriel Godin.
- Author
- Rohr, René R. J.
- Publication
- New York : Dover Publications, 1996.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 142 p. : ill.; 21 x 29 cm.
- Summary
- Chronicles the history of sundials, discussing the different varieties, the mathematical formulas required to build one, and the basic principles of cosmography.
- Uniform Title
- Cadrans solaires. English
- Alternative Title
- Cadrans solaires.
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1970.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [134]) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- History of the sundial -- Some gnomonic cosmography -- Classical sundials -- Inclined dials -- Solar calendars -- Analemmatic dials -- Moon dials -- Elevation dials, azimuth dials, direction dials, and others -- Remarkable dials, past and present -- Inscriptions on sundials.
- ISBN
- 0486291391 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^95045661^
- OCLC
- 33358214
- SCSB-12146613
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library