Geographic longitude in Latin Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries

DOI10.1007/S00407-023-00316-YOpenAlexW4386715339MaRDI QIDQ6145604FDOQ6145604

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

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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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• Measurements of altitude and geographic latitude in Latin astronomy, 1100--1300

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