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Historical eclipses and earth's rotation
- Title
- Historical eclipses and earth's rotation / F. Richard Stephenson.
- Author
- Stephenson, F. Richard (Francis Richard), 1941-
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QB541 .S663 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 557 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Variations in the length of the day: a historical perspective -- Tidal friction and the ephemerides of the sun and moon -- Pre-telescopic eclipse observations and their analysis -- Babylonian and Assyrian records of eclipses -- Investigation of Babylonian observations of solar eclipses -- Timed Babylonian lunar eclipses -- Untimed Babylonian observations of lunar eclipses: horizon phenomena -- Chinese and other East Asian observations of large solar eclipses -- Other East Asian observations of solar and lunar eclipses -- Records of eclipses in ancient European history --Eclipse records from medieval Europe -- Solar and lunar eclipses recorded in medieval Arab chronicles -- Observations of eclipses by medieval Arab astronomers -- Determination of changes in the length of the day.
- ISBN
- 0521461944
- LCCN
- 96020968
- OCLC
- ocm34742387
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries