Geographic longitude in Latin Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries

DOI10.1007/S00407-023-00316-YMaRDI QIDQ6145604OpenAlexFDO

Authors C. Philipp E. Nothaft

Publication date 9 January 2024

Published in Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-023-00316-y

zbMATH Keywords

eclipse methodgeographic longitude determinationpreserved estimates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research data for problems pertaining to history and biography (01-11) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics (85-02)

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