Burmese shadow calculations
(2014) In Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 17(3). p.258-266- Abstract
- The methods of calculation of shadow lengths of the Sun and the Moon seem to be a specific for Burmese astronomy and have many original features. The present paper gives a detailed exposition of these methods with an analysis of an example taken from a Burmese manuscript.
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- author
- Gislén, Lars LU and Eade, J. Chris
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 258 - 266
- publisher
- National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
- ISSN
- 1440-2807
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 006cc126-2e86-4478-907c-26ad13495877
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- 2016-08-18 14:32:27
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