Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Principal Symbols
- 1 Variations in the length of the day: a historical perspective
- 2 Tidal friction and the ephemerides of the Sun and Moon
- 3 Pre-telescopic eclipse observations and their analysis
- 4 Babylonian and Assyrian records of eclipses
- 5 Investigation of Babylonian observations of solar eclipses
- 6 Timed Babylonian lunar eclipses
- 7 Untimed Babylonian observations of lunar eclipses: horizon phenomena
- 8 Chinese and other East Asian observations of large solar eclipses
- 9 Other East Asian observations of solar and lunar eclipses
- 10 Records of eclipses in ancient European history
- 11 Eclipse records from medieval Europe
- 12 Solar and lunar eclipses recorded in medieval Arab chronicles
- 13 Observations of eclipses by medieval Arab astronomers
- 14 Determination of changes in the length of the day
- Appendix A Timed data
- Appendix B Untimed data
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Index of eclipse records
- Index of places of observation
- Name Index
- Subject index
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Principal Symbols
- 1 Variations in the length of the day: a historical perspective
- 2 Tidal friction and the ephemerides of the Sun and Moon
- 3 Pre-telescopic eclipse observations and their analysis
- 4 Babylonian and Assyrian records of eclipses
- 5 Investigation of Babylonian observations of solar eclipses
- 6 Timed Babylonian lunar eclipses
- 7 Untimed Babylonian observations of lunar eclipses: horizon phenomena
- 8 Chinese and other East Asian observations of large solar eclipses
- 9 Other East Asian observations of solar and lunar eclipses
- 10 Records of eclipses in ancient European history
- 11 Eclipse records from medieval Europe
- 12 Solar and lunar eclipses recorded in medieval Arab chronicles
- 13 Observations of eclipses by medieval Arab astronomers
- 14 Determination of changes in the length of the day
- Appendix A Timed data
- Appendix B Untimed data
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Index of eclipse records
- Index of places of observation
- Name Index
- Subject index
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- Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation , pp. 527 - 538Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997