On Tue, 8 Feb 2011, Rob Seaman wrote: > > I'd say that history is pretty quiet on timekeeping issues in general. > I think very highly of Dava Sobel's "Longitude", but one book does not a > library make.
There's also "Saving the Daylight" by David Prerau. (The title has varied a bit.) Also Calendrical Calculations by Reingold and Dershowitzis tangentially relevant since it includes models for observational calendars. Any other recommendations? Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND: NORTH BACKING WEST OR NORTHWEST, 5 TO 7, DECREASING 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN HUMBER AND THAMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN THEN FAIR. GOOD. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
