| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Time, astronomy, and calendars,
2211-632X ;
v. 2
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Time, astronomy, and calendars ; v. 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Astronomy, Medieval -- Europe.
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Astronomy, Medieval. |
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Europe. |
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Astronomy -- To 1500 -- Tables -- History.
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Astronomy. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Genre/Form |
Tables.
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| Subject |
History. |
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Ephemerides -- History -- To 1500.
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Ephemerides. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Tables (Data)
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Tables (Data)
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| Added Author |
Goldstein, Bernard R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chabás, José, 1948- Survey of European astronomical tables in the late Middle Ages. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004230583 (DLC) 2012009594 (OCoLC)785721747 |
| ISBN |
9789004230590 (electronic book) |
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9004230599 (electronic book) |
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9789004230583 |
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9004230580 |
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