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A Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages.
Title:
A Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages.
Author:
Chabás, José.
ISBN:
9789004230590
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 pages)
Series:
Time, Astronomy, and Calendars ; v.2

Time, Astronomy, and Calendars
Contents:
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 -- 3. Parisian Alfonsine Tables -- Chapter Five Mean Motions and Radices -- 1. Mean Motions -- 2. Radices -- Chapter Six Equations -- 1. Sun -- 2. Moon -- 3. Planets -- Chapter Seven True Positions -- 1. Sun -- 2. Moon -- 3. Planets -- Chapter Eight Velocity -- 1. Sun and Moon -- 2. Planets -- Chapter Nine Latitude -- 1. Moon -- 1.1 Ptolemaic tradition -- 1.2 Indian tradition -- 2. Planets -- 2.1 Ptolemaic tradition -- 2.2 Indian tradition -- 2.3 Further developments -- Chapter Ten Stations and Retrogradations -- Chapter Eleven Visibility of the Moon and the Planets -- 1. Moon -- 2. Planets -- Chapter Twelve Parallax -- 1. Ptolemaic Tradition -- 2. Indian Tradition -- Chapter Thirteen Syzygies -- 1. Mean Syzygies -- 2. Time from Mean to True Syzygy -- 3. True Syzygies -- Chapter Fourteen Planetary Conjunctions -- 1. Sun-Planets -- 2. Superior Planets -- Chapter Fifteen Eclipses -- 1. Diameters of the Luminaries and the Earth's Shadow -- 2. Digits of Eclipse -- 2.1 Lunar eclipses -- 2.2 Solar eclipses -- 3. Interpolation Schemes -- 4. Eclipsed Part of the Solar and Lunar Disks -- 5. Reflexio tenebrarum -- 6. Colors -- 7. Table of the Samt for Solar Eclipses -- 8. Lists of Eclipses -- Chapter Sixteen Fixed Stars.

Chapter Seventeen Geographical Lists -- Chapter Eighteen Astrology -- 1. Horoscopes and Astrological Houses -- 2. Projection of the Rays -- 3. Planetary Dignities -- 4. Excess of Revolution -- 5. Revolution of the Months -- 6. Duration of Pregnancy -- Chapter Nineteen Miscellaneous Tables -- List of Manuscripts -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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