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008			980508r19991998nyua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a0192862057
020			_a9780192862051
020			_a0198504136
020			_a9780198504139
035			_a(OCoLC)39116742
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049			_aHRSA
100	1		_aRichards, E. G. _q(Edward Graham), _eauthor. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80006943 _93976
245	1	0	_aMapping time : _bthe calendar and its history / _cE.G. Richards.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c1999.
300			_axxi, 438 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"First published in 1998"--Title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index.
505	0		_aThe calendar in theory : The calendar -- The astronomical background -- Time and the clock -- Writing and libraries -- Numbers and arithmetic -- The variety of calendars -- The reform of the calendar -- The calendars of the world : Introduction -- Prehistoric calendars -- The calendars of Babylon and the Near East -- The Egyptian calendar -- The calendars of China and East Asia -- The calendars of India -- The Mayan and Aztec calendars -- Four European calendars -- The Roman and Julian calendars -- The Jewish calendar -- The Islamic and Baha'i calendars -- The Gregorian calendar -- The French Republican calendar -- The week -- Calendar conversions : Calendar conversions -- Mathematical notes -- To calculate the day of the week -- The conversion of regular calendars -- The Jewish calendar -- The Mayan calendar -- Easter : A short history of Easter -- The date of Easter Sunday -- A book of hours -- Astronomical constants -- The names of the days of the week -- The names of the days of the year in the French Republican calendar.
520			_aRichards recounts the feats of science and mathematics, from Babylonian astronomers, Mayan priests, Roman emperors, Chinese oracles, to medieval monks, that have given us the modern Gregorian calendar. He also notes earlier, extremely accurate calendars developed by the Saka, Islamic, Celtic, Hindu, and Hebrew peoples.
562			_331560000043402 _b2905
590			_aThe Calendar and its History
650		0	_aCalendar _xHistory. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018824 _93591
650		0	_aCalendars _xHistory.
650		7	_aCalendar. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00844160 _94850
650		7	_aCalendars. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00844227 _96584
653		0	_aHistory
653		2	_aTime calendar
653		0	_aTime
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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