Problems in time and space : a collection of essays relating to the earth, physically and astronomically, and cognate matters /
Black, F. A. 1862-1934,
Problems in time and space : a collection of essays relating to the earth, physically and astronomically, and cognate matters / by F.A. Black. - [1st edition]. - xx, 362 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits, diagrams ; 21 cm
How the distance and size of the sun were measured -- A simple means of ascertaining the day of the week of any given date in the Christian era -- Measuring the earth -- Solar and sidereal time -- The reform of the calendar -- The magnetism of the earth -- The movements of the sun and of the earth in space -- Logarithms and their inventor -- Gravitation the chief cause of the general oceanic circulation -- Twilight and dawn -- Appendix.
Astronomy.
Calendar.
Logarithms.
Astronomy.
Calendar.
Logarithms.
Earth space Time
Problems in time and space : a collection of essays relating to the earth, physically and astronomically, and cognate matters / by F.A. Black. - [1st edition]. - xx, 362 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits, diagrams ; 21 cm
How the distance and size of the sun were measured -- A simple means of ascertaining the day of the week of any given date in the Christian era -- Measuring the earth -- Solar and sidereal time -- The reform of the calendar -- The magnetism of the earth -- The movements of the sun and of the earth in space -- Logarithms and their inventor -- Gravitation the chief cause of the general oceanic circulation -- Twilight and dawn -- Appendix.
Astronomy.
Calendar.
Logarithms.
Astronomy.
Calendar.
Logarithms.
Earth space Time