Mapping time :
Richards, E. G.
Mapping time : the calendar and its history / E.G. Richards. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xxi, 438 pages) : illustrations
"First published in 1998"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index.
Calendar in theory -- Calendar -- Astronomical background -- Time and the clock -- Writing and libraries -- Numbers and arithmetic -- Variety of calendars -- Reform of the calendar -- Calendars of the world -- Introduction -- Prehistoric calendars -- Calendars of Babylon and the Near East -- Egyptian calendar -- Calendars of China and East Asia -- Calendars of India -- Mayan and Aztec calendars -- Four European calendars -- Roman and Julian calendars -- Jewish calendar -- Islamic and Bah�ai calendars -- Gregorian calendar -- French Republican calendar -- Week -- Calendar conversions -- Calendar conversions -- Mathematical notes -- To calculate the day of the week -- Conversion of regular calendars -- Jewish calendar -- Mayan calendar -- Easter -- Short history of Easter -- Date of Easter Sunday -- Book of hours. pt. 1. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. pt. 2. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14. ch. 15. ch. 16. ch. 17. ch. 18. ch. 19. ch. 20. ch. 21. pt. 3. ch. 22. ch. 23. ch. 24. ch. 25. ch. 26. ch. 27. pt. 4. ch. 28. ch. 29. ch. 30.
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Richards 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.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9780191585937 0191585939 0585154821 9780585154824 0198504136 9780198504139
98024957
Calendar--History.
Calendars--History.
SCIENCE--Time.
Calendar.
Calendars.
Kalenders.
Tijdrekening.
Related Historical Sciences.
History & Archaeology.
Calendars & Chronologies.
History.
Electronic books.
CE11 / .R5 1999eb
529/.3
Mapping time : the calendar and its history / E.G. Richards. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xxi, 438 pages) : illustrations
"First published in 1998"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index.
Calendar in theory -- Calendar -- Astronomical background -- Time and the clock -- Writing and libraries -- Numbers and arithmetic -- Variety of calendars -- Reform of the calendar -- Calendars of the world -- Introduction -- Prehistoric calendars -- Calendars of Babylon and the Near East -- Egyptian calendar -- Calendars of China and East Asia -- Calendars of India -- Mayan and Aztec calendars -- Four European calendars -- Roman and Julian calendars -- Jewish calendar -- Islamic and Bah�ai calendars -- Gregorian calendar -- French Republican calendar -- Week -- Calendar conversions -- Calendar conversions -- Mathematical notes -- To calculate the day of the week -- Conversion of regular calendars -- Jewish calendar -- Mayan calendar -- Easter -- Short history of Easter -- Date of Easter Sunday -- Book of hours. pt. 1. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. pt. 2. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14. ch. 15. ch. 16. ch. 17. ch. 18. ch. 19. ch. 20. ch. 21. pt. 3. ch. 22. ch. 23. ch. 24. ch. 25. ch. 26. ch. 27. pt. 4. ch. 28. ch. 29. ch. 30.
Use copy
Richards 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.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9780191585937 0191585939 0585154821 9780585154824 0198504136 9780198504139
98024957
Calendar--History.
Calendars--History.
SCIENCE--Time.
Calendar.
Calendars.
Kalenders.
Tijdrekening.
Related Historical Sciences.
History & Archaeology.
Calendars & Chronologies.
History.
Electronic books.
CE11 / .R5 1999eb
529/.3