Hydrographic Surveying

Hydrographic Surveying
Author: Samuel Hill Lea
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2018-10-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780341699576

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A Survey of Islamic Astronomical Tables

A Survey of Islamic Astronomical Tables
Author: Edward Stewart Kennedy
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1956
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780871694621

The source material for the study of medieval oriental astronomy consists of Byzantine Greek, Sanscrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish astronomical and astrological manuscripts. If one desires to build up a detailed picture of Islamic astronomy, one can choose material from these available manuscripts. Of these manuscripts it is possible to isolate a group of works, the "zijes". A "zij" consists of the numerical tables and accompanying explanation sufficient to measure time and to compute planetary and stellar positions, appearance, and eclipses. This paper is a survey of the number, distribution, contents, and relations between "zijes" written in Arabic or Persian during the period from the 8th through the 15th centuries. Illustrations. Oversize.

A Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages

A Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages
Author: José Chabás
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2012-05-31
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9004230580

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.