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A survey of European astronomical tables in the late Middle Ages /
This is a survey of the numerous astronomical tables compiled in the late Middle Ages, which represent a major intellectual enterprise. Such tables were often the best way available at the time for transmitting precise information to the reader.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
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| Colección: | Time, astronomy, and calendars ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One Chronology; 1. Epochs and Intervals; 2. Number of Days from the Beginning of an Era; 3. Conversion of Dates; Chapter Two Trigonometry and Spherical Astronomy; 1. Sines and Chords; 2. Solar Declination; 3. Shadow Table; 4. Right Ascension; 5. Oblique Ascension; 6. Ascensional Difference; 7. Length of Daylight; 8. Meridian Altitude of the Sun; 9. Time of Day from the Altitude of the Sun; Chapter Three Equation of Time; Chapter Four Precession and Apogees; 1. Trepidation (Access and Recess); 2. Apogees.