Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation

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The main purpose of this book is to investigate in detail long-term variations in the length of the day, or equivalently changes in the Earth's rate of rotation, using pre-telescopic observations of eclipses.
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Year of Publication
1997
Number of Pages
573
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN Number
978-0521461948
Other Numbers
0521461944
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