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Dividing the Circle: The Development of Critical Angular Measurement in Astronomy 1500–1850 (Wiley–Praxis Series in Astronomy & Astrophysics) - Softcover
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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- PublisherWiley–Blackwell
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0471961698
- ISBN 13 9780471961697
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages216
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