The Toledan Tables
| Author | : Fritz Saaby Pedersen |
| Publisher | : Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab |
| Total Pages | : 512 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Astronomie |
| ISBN | : 9788778762672 |
The Equation Of Time Aequatio Dierum
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The Equation of Time - AEquatio Dierum
| Author | : Kevin Karney |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2024-05-12 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9781445745411 |
The Equation-of-Time denotes the variance between Mean Time as told by the Stars and Solar Time as told by the Sun. It was initially identified by Ptolemy around 200 CE. During the Early Middle Ages, astronomers utilized this Equation to assist in lunar observations. Throughout the High & Late Middle Ages, sundials held prominence as the primary means of timekeeping, indicating Solar Time. However, in the 17th century CE, the emergence of precise pendulum clocks and watches prompted a gradual shift towards the adoption of Mean Time over Solar Time. In particular, the use of Solar Time corrected by the Equation-of-Time to determine local mean time, was used in the determination of longitude at sea. Prior to the availability of time signals, sundials - together with tables detailing the Equation - were used to set clocks.
Mathematical Astronomy in Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus
| Author | : N.M. Swerdlow |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 709 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 1461382629 |
When I first laid out the framework for A History of Ancient Mathe matical Astronomy, I intended to carry the discussion down to the last applications of Greek astronomical methodology, i. e. Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler. But as the work proceeded, it became evident that this plan was much too ambitious, and so I decided to terminate my History with late antiquity, well before Islam. Nevertheless, I did not discard the running commentary that I had prepared when studying De revolutionibus in its relation to the methodology of the Almagest. Only recently, E. S. Kennedy and his collaborators had opened access to the" Maragha School" (mainly Ibn ash-Shalir), revealing close parallels to Copernicus's procedures. Accordingly, it seemed useful to make available a modern analysis of De revolutionibus, and thus in 1975 I prepared for publication "Notes on Copernicus. " In the meantime, however, Noel Swerdlow, also starting from Greek astronomy, not only extended his work into a deep analysis of De revolu tionibus, but also systematically investigated its sources and predecessors (Peurbach, Regiomontanus, etc. ). I was aware of these studies through his publications as well as from numerous conversations on the subject at The Institute for Advanced Study and at Brown University. It became clear to me that my own investigations lay at too superficial a level, and I therefore withdrew my manuscript and suggested to Swerdlow that he undertake a thoroughgoing revision and amplification of my "Notes. " His acceptance of my proposal initiated the present publication.
Fifteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, The: On Recent Developments In Theoretical And Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, And Relativistic Field Theories - Proceedings Of The Mg15 Meeting On General Relativity (In 3 Volumes)
| Author | : Elia S Battistelli |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 2281 |
| Release | : 2022-05-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9811258260 |
The three volumes of the proceedings of MG15 give a broad view of all aspects of gravitational physics and astrophysics, from mathematical issues to recent observations and experiments. The scientific program of the meeting included 40 morning plenary talks over 6 days, 5 evening popular talks and nearly 100 parallel sessions on 71 topics spread over 4 afternoons. These proceedings are a representative sample of the very many oral and poster presentations made at the meeting.Part A contains plenary and review articles and the contributions from some parallel sessions, while Parts B and C consist of those from the remaining parallel sessions. The contents range from the mathematical foundations of classical and quantum gravitational theories including recent developments in string theory, to precision tests of general relativity including progress towards the detection of gravitational waves, and from supernova cosmology to relativistic astrophysics, including topics such as gamma ray bursts, black hole physics both in our galaxy and in active galactic nuclei in other galaxies, and neutron star, pulsar and white dwarf astrophysics. Parallel sessions touch on dark matter, neutrinos, X-ray sources, astrophysical black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, binary systems, radiative transfer, accretion disks, quasars, gamma ray bursts, supernovas, alternative gravitational theories, perturbations of collapsed objects, analog models, black hole thermodynamics, numerical relativity, gravitational lensing, large scale structure, observational cosmology, early universe models and cosmic microwave background anisotropies, inhomogeneous cosmology, inflation, global structure, singularities, chaos, Einstein-Maxwell systems, wormholes, exact solutions of Einstein's equations, gravitational waves, gravitational wave detectors and data analysis, precision gravitational measurements, quantum gravity and loop quantum gravity, quantum cosmology, strings and branes, self-gravitating systems, gamma ray astronomy, cosmic rays and the history of general relativity.
A General History of Horology
| Author | : Turner |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 777 |
| Release | : 2022-02-02 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0198863918 |
A General History of Horology describes instruments used for the finding and measurement of time from Antiquity to the 21st century. In geographical scope it ranges from East Asia to the Americas. The instruments described are set in their technical and social contexts, and there is also discussion of the literature, the historiography and the collecting of the subject. The book features the use of case studies to represent larger topics that cannot be completely covered in a single book. The international body of authors have endeavoured to offer a fully world-wide survey accessible to students, historians, collectors, and the general reader, based on a firm understanding of the technical basis of the subject. At the same time as the work offers a synthesis of current knowledge of the subject, it also incorporates the results of some fundamamental, new and original research.
The ASCE Standardized Reference Evapotranspiration Equation
| Author | : Rick G. Allen |
| Publisher | : Amer Society of Civil Engineers |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 9780784408056 |
This Task Committee report provides standardized equations for calculating reference evapotranspiration (ET) from weather data and procedures for quality assessment and control of weather data. The purpose of the standardized reference ET equation and calculation procedures is to bring commonality to the calculation of reference ET and to provide a standardized basis for determining or transferring crop coefficients for agriculture and landscape use. The basis of the standardized reference ET equation is the ASCE Penman-Monteith (ASCE-PM) method Manual 70. Along with applications for the ASCE-PM method, this report includes recommended calculations for vapor pressure, net radiation and wind speed adjustment, and guidelines on assessing weather data integrity and estimating values for missing data. The development of this standardized report by the Environmental and Water Resources Committee (EWRI) of ASCE, was made at the request of, and has been endorsed by, the Irrigation Association.
A Theory of Natural Philosophy
| Author | : Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 504 |
| Release | : 1922 |
| Genre | : Physics |
| ISBN | : |
The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal
| Author | : Eric Gray Forbes |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 1105 |
| Release | : 2001-11-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1482268892 |
The Correspondence of John Flamsteed discusses this leading figure in the final phases of the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, presents his extensive correspondence with 129 British and foreign scholars all over the world, and touches on many of the scientific discussions of the day. This book, the last volume of the set, contains his let
