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"Lunar calendars suffer from an inherent uncertainty in the length of each month and the number of months in the year. Variable atmospheric conditions, weather and the acuity of the eye of an observer mean that the first sighting of the new moon crescent can never be known in advance. Calendars...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Ben-Dov, Jonathan (Editor), Horowitz, Wayne, 1957- (Editor), Steele, John M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2012]
Subjects:
To 1500
Calendars > History > To 1500.
Calendar, Assyro-Babylonian.
Calendar, Greek.
Calendar, Egyptian.
Jewish calendar.
Calendrier assyro-babylonien.
Calendrier grec.
Calendrier égyptien.
Calendrier juif.
SCIENCE > Time.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Calendar, Assyro-Babylonian
Calendar, Egyptian
Calendar, Greek
Calendars
Jewish calendar
History
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