Mapping time: the calendar and its history
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Main Author: Richards, E. G., (Edward Graham) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1999
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index
pt. 1 - Calendar in theory -- - ch. 1 - Calendar -- - ch. 2 - Astronomical background -- - ch. 3 - Time and the clock -- - ch. 4 - Writing and libraries -- - ch. 5 - Numbers and arithmetic -- - ch. 6 - Variety of calendars -- - ch. 7 - Reform of the calendar -- - pt. 2 - Calendars of the world -- - ch. 8 - Introduction -- - ch. 9 - Prehistoric calendars -- - ch. 10 - Calendars of Babylon and the Near East -- - ch. 11 - Egyptian calendar -- - ch. 12 - Calendars of China and East Asia -- - ch. 13 - Calendars of India -- - ch. 14 - Mayan and Aztec calendars -- - ch. 15 - Four European calendars -- - ch. 16 - Roman and Julian calendars -- - ch. 17 - Jewish calendar -- - ch. 18 - Islamic and Bahái︣ calendars -- - ch. 19 - Gregorian calendar -- - ch. 20 - French Republican calendar -- - ch. 21 - Week -- - pt. 3 - Calendar conversions -- - ch. 22 - Calendar conversions -- - ch. 23 - Mathematical notes -- - ch. 24 - To calculate the day of the week -- - ch. 25 - Conversion of regular calendars -- - ch. 26 - Jewish calendar -- - ch. 27 - Mayan calendar -- - pt. 4 - Easter -- - ch. 28 - Short history of Easter -- - ch. 29 - Date of Easter Sunday -- - ch. 30 - Book of hours
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 438 pages)
ISBN:0191585939
0198504136
0585154821
9780191585937
9780198504139
9780585154824

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