Atlas of Historical Eclipse Maps

F. R. Stephenson, M. A. Houlden

Cambridge University Press, 1986

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This 1986 book presents a series of computer-drawn maps for all total and annular eclipses of the Sun calculated to have been observable in East Asia from 1500 BC to AD 1900. The study of past eclipses is useful, for example in determining the long-term behaviour of the Earth's rate of rotation.

ISBN-13
9780521267236
ISBN-10
0521267234
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1986
Publication date
1986-04-03
Pages
448
Dimensions
178x252x31
Weight
934