Re: Needed: history of equation of time

2000-11-27 Thread John Davis
Dr J R Davis Flowton, UK 52.08N, 1.043E email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Gordon Uber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sundial Sent: 27 November 2000 07:35 Subject: Needed: history of equation of time > I have become interested in the history of the Equation of T

Re: Needed: history of equation of time

2000-11-27 Thread fer j. de vries
://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E - Original Message - From: Gordon Uber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sundial Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 8:35 AM Subject: Needed: history of equation of time > I have become interested in the histo

Needed: history of equation of time

2000-11-27 Thread Gordon Uber
recommend a reference (preferably in English) on the subject? I understand that John Flamsteed and Christiaan Huygens published tables of it in 1666 and 1662, respectively. If anyone has copies of these tables, the tables (or citations to them) would be greatly appreciated. So far I have loc