10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONASTRONOMICAL»
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nonastronomical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac
12.12 Nonastronomical Bases of Calendars: the Week Calendars also
incorporate nonastronomical elements, such as numerical cycles, local
environmental observations, or decisions by societal authorities. In the Gregorian
calendar, the ...
P. Kenneth Seidelmann,
2006
2
Ship Channel Design and Operation
NOAA tide information and predictions currently are available at http://www. co-
ops.nos.noaa.gov/tide or nongovernment commercial publishers. 5.14
NONASTRONOMICAL FORCES Nonastronomical forces also can produce
waves.
Bruce L. McCartney, Laurie L. Ebner, Lyndell Z. Hales,
2005
3
Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Science: A History:
Fundamental concepts in the pre-Copernican astronomy had become strands for
a much larger fabric of thought, and the nonastronomical strands in turn bound
the thinking of the astronomers. The Copernican revolution occurred because ...
4
Philosophy of Science: An Introduction (Second Edition)
Fundamental concepts in the pre-Copernican astronomy had become strands for
a much larger fabric of thought, and the nonastronomical strands in turn bound
the thinking of the astronomers. The Copernican revolution occurred because ...
5
Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of ...
Nonastronomical (a part of the 819-day count) 7. 15D; the age of the moon is 15
days 8. X 6a; this is the 6th moon in the 18-month cycle 9. 9A; this moon is of 29
days' duration (b) A portion of Stela 3, Tikal. A 1. Introductory (partly effaced) 2.
6
Exploring Ancient Skies: A Survey of Ancient and Cultural ...
The nonastronomical methods included the sighting of direction of islands of
known bearing, and a kind of dead reckoning, whereby the rate of motion was
gauged from the feel of the wind and waves on the boat and the craft's rocking
and ...
David H. Kelley, A.F. Aveni, Eugene F. Milone,
2011
7
Cosmology: Historical, Literary,Philosophical, Religous and ...
In the absence of any measurable parallax, the order of the celestial bodies was
made on nonastronomical grounds. Since the planets moved against the
background of the stars, the latter were assumed to be farthest from the earth,
and ...
Norriss S. Hetherington,
1993
8
History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia
Nonastronomical elements, such as numerical cycles, local environmental
observations, or decisions by political authorities also appear in calendars.
Although the seven-day week is now a nonastronomical unit, it may originally
have had ...
9
Encyclopedia of Cosmology (Routledge Revivals): Historical, ...
Without the detection of parallax, the order of celestial bodies was made on
nonastronomical grounds. Since the planets moved against the background of
the stars, the latter were assumed farthest from the earth and equidistant from it.
Norriss S. Hetherington,
2014
10
Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts
He says this explicitly in a note to the second edition of Mysterium
Cosmographicum, summarizing his own life's work to that time, both astronomical
and nonastronomical. “Heaven,” he says, “the chief of the works of God, is much
more notably ...