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Dividing the Circle: Development of Critical Angular Measurement in Astronomy, 1500-1850 (Wiley-Praxis Series in Astronomy & Astrophysics) - Softcover
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This study examines the history of angular measuring instruments and their central role in astronomy from 1500-1850. During this period, the principal intellectual interests in astronomy lay in the ability of astronomers to measure angles with increasing precision, to investigate phenomena such as the Earth's motion in space, its oblate shape and the Newtonian laws of gravitation. Emphasis is placed on the important link that existed between astronomical theory and the need to develop progressively improved technologies, whereby the theory could be tested and validated. This edition is fully revised and updated and contains additional plates, an extended bibliography with new scholarship, and two new appendices.
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Dividing the Circle: Development of Critical Angular Measurement in Astronomy, 1500-1850 [Second Edition]
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John Wiley & Sons / Praxis Publishing, 1995
ISBN 10: 0471961698
ISBN 13: 9780471961697
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. 24.5 x 17 cm. 215pp. Bound into glossy boards. Appendices, references, index. Crease to last few pages. Wiley-Praxis Series in Astornomy. Seller Inventory # 77159
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