Practical astronomy during the seventeenth century
Subtitle: almanac-makers in America and England
By: John T. Kelly.
Series: Harvard dissertations in the history of science
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Ephemerides -- Historiography.; Almanacs, American -- History -- 17th century.; Almanacs, English -- History -- 17th century.; Spherical astronomy -- United States -- History -- 17th century.; Spherical astronomy -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Description: A comparative study of astronomical data in American almanacs, and their English sources.
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1977.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-319).