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Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Study of the Moon’s Motion (1691-1757)
John M. Steele
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hardcover. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 172 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; PGG; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 523.
The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth century led to a revival of interest in reports of astronomical observations from antiquity. These observations provided the only means to study the moon’s ‘secular acceleration’, as this newly-discovered acceleration became known. This book contains the first detailed study of the use of ancient and medieval astronomical observations in order to investigate the moon’s secular acceleration from its discovery by Halley to the establishment of the magnitude of the acceleration by Richard Dunthorne, Tobias Mayer and Jérôme Lalande in ... Read more
The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth century led to a revival of interest in reports of astronomical observations from antiquity. These observations provided the only means to study the moon’s ‘secular acceleration’, as this newly-discovered acceleration became known. This book contains the first detailed study of the use of ancient and medieval astronomical observations in order to investigate the moon’s secular acceleration from its discovery by Halley to the establishment of the magnitude of the acceleration by Richard Dunthorne, Tobias Mayer and Jérôme Lalande in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Series
Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461421481
SKU
V9781461421481
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