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Volume 4
New Studies in the History and Philosophy of
Science and Technology
Observations and Predictions of
Eclipse Times by Early Astronomers
by
JOHN M STEELE
University of Durham, United Kingdom
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
Contents
Preface xi
Introductory Orientations 1
Introduction 3
1 1 Introductory Remarks 3
1 2 Early Eclipse Records 5
1 3 Basic Eclipse Theory 9
1 4 Methods of Analysis 15
15A Note on the Conventions used in this Study 17
II The Western Heritage 19
2 Mesopotamia 21
2 1 Introduction 21
2 2 Sources of Astronomical Records 23
2 3 Dating Babylonian Astronomical Tablets 34
231 LBAT1456 37
232 LBAT 1452 40
233 LBAT 1413 43
2 4 Units of Time 45
2 5 Eclipse Records in Late Babylonian History 52
2 6 Accuracy of the Observed Times 57
2 7 Accuracy of the Predicted Times 68
2 8 Methods of Eclipse Prediction 75
3 The Greco-Roman World 85
3 1 Introduction 85
3 2 The Demotic Eclipse Text P Berlin 13147+ 13146 86
3 3 Eclipse Observations in Ptolemy s Almagest 91
331 Babylonian Observations 93
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viii CONTENTS
332 Early Greek Observations 100
333 Later Greek Observations 102
34A Solar Eclipse Observation by Theon of Alexandria 103
3 5 Accuracy of the Observed Times 104
4 The Islamic Near East 107
4 1 Introduction 107
4 2 Timed Eclipse Records from the Islamic Near East 108
421 Habash 112
422 al-MahanT 113
423 al-Battanl 114
424 The Banu Amajur 116
425 Ibn Yunus 117
426 al-BTrunl 119
4 3 Accuracy of the Observed and Predicted Times 121
5 Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe 125
5 1 Introduction 125
5 2 European Astronomical Tables 126
5 3 Observational Techniques and Instruments 129
5 4 Timed Eclipse Records in European History 133
541 Isaac ben Sid 134
542 Levi ben Gerson 135
543 JeandeMurs 137
544 Regiomontanus 139
545 Bernard Walther 144
546 Nicholas Copernicus 147
547 TychoBrahe 151
5 5 Accuracy of the Observed and Predicted Times 154
III The Eastern Heritage 159
6 China 161
6 1 Introduction 161
6 2 Historical Outline 162
6 3 Sources of Astronomical Records 164
6 4 Calendrical Astronomy in China 169
641 Reckoning of Days 170
642 Eclipse Prediction 175
6 5 Units of Time 178
6 6 Methods of Time Measurement 188
6 7 Timed Eclipse Records in Chinese History 190
CONTENTS ix
671 The Sung-shu, the Sui-shu, the Chiu T ang-shu, and
theSung-shih 192
672 The Yuan-shih 197
673 The Wen-hsien T ung-k ao 201
674 Other Sources 208
6 8 Accuracy of the Observed Times 208
6 9 Accuracy of the Predicted Times 213
7 Japan 217
7 1 Introduction 217
7 2 Calendrical Astronomy in Japan 218
7 3 Timed Eclipse Records in Japanese History 220
7 4 Accuracy of the Predicted Times 225
IV Conclusions 229
8 Discussion 231
8 1 Historical Implications 231
8 2 Geophysical Implications 232
8 3 Concluding Remarks 235
V Appendices 237
A Late Babylonian Eclipse Records 239
B Chinese Sunrise and Sunset Times 263
C Timed Chinese Eclipse Records 269
C I The Sung-shu 269
C 2 The Sui-shu 270
C 3 The Chiu T ang-shu 273
C 4 The Sung-shih 273
C 5 The Yuan-shih 275
C51 Solar Eclipses 275
C52 Lunar Eclipses 280
C 6 The Wen-hsien T ung-k ao 286
C61 Solar Eclipses 286
C62 Lunar Eclipses 287
C 7 Other sources 291
x CONTENTS
References 293
Subject Index 315
Index of Texts 321
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