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Mapping time : the calendar and its history

Author: E G Richards
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Richards, E. G. (Edward Graham)
Mapping time.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999
(OCoLC)647607353
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: E G Richards
ISBN: 0198504136 9780198504139
OCLC Number: 39116742
Description: xxi, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Calendar in theory --
ch. 1. Calendar --
ch. 2. Astronomical background --
ch. 3. Time and the clock --
ch. 4. Writing and libraries --
ch. 5. Numbers and arithmetic --
ch. 6. Variety of calendars --
ch. 7. Reform of the calendar --
pt. 2. Calendars of the world --
ch. 8. Introduction --
ch. 9. Prehistoric calendars --
ch. 10. Calendars of Babylon and the Near East --
ch. 11. Egyptian calendar --
ch. 12. Calendars of China and East Asia --
ch. 13. Calendars of India --
ch. 14. Mayan and Aztec calendars --
ch. 15. Four European calendars --
ch. 16. Roman and Julian calendars --
ch. 17. Jewish calendar --
ch. 18. Islamic and Bahái︣ calendars --
ch. 19. Gregorian calendar --
ch. 20. French Republican calendar --
ch. 21. Week --
pt. 3. Calendar conversions --
ch. 22. Calendar conversions --
ch. 23. Mathematical notes --
ch. 24. To calculate the day of the week --
ch. 25. Conversion of regular calendars --
ch. 26. Jewish calendar --
ch. 27. Mayan calendar --
pt. 4. Easter --
ch. 28. Short history of Easter --
ch. 29. Date of Easter Sunday --
ch. 30. Book of hours.
Responsibility: E.G. Richards.
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