Babylonian Astronomy. III. The Earliest Astronomical Computations

1. Summary — 2. The Older System — 3. The Circular Astrolabe — 4. The 14<sup>th</sup> Tablet of the Great Omen Series — 5. The Meaning of igi.du<sub>8</sub>-a = <i>tâmartu</i> — 6. The Later System — 7. The Ivory Prism — 8. Popular and Astronomical Units of Time —...

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1. VerfasserIn: Van der Waerden, B. L.
Medienart: Druck Aufsatz
In:JNES
Jahr: 1951, Band: 10, Seiten: 20-34
KeiBi Identifikator:14:319
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Zusammenfassung:1. Summary — 2. The Older System — 3. The Circular Astrolabe — 4. The 14<sup>th</sup> Tablet of the Great Omen Series — 5. The Meaning of igi.du<sub>8</sub>-a = <i>tâmartu</i> — 6. The Later System — 7. The Ivory Prism — 8. Popular and Astronomical Units of Time — 9. The Visibility of the Moon according to Roman Sources — 10. How to Tell the Time during the Night from Rising Zodical Signs — 11. Later Computations of the Rising and Setting of the Moon — 12. Later Computations of Daylight and Night — 13. Other Applications of Arithmetical Series — 14. Arithmetical Series in Greek Astronomy — 15. The Shadow Length.