Studies in Babylonian lunar theory: part III. The introduction of the uniform zodiac
@article{Britton2010StudiesIB, title={Studies in Babylonian lunar theory: part III. The introduction of the uniform zodiac}, author={J. P. Britton}, journal={Archive for History of Exact Sciences}, year={2010}, volume={64}, pages={617-663} }
This paper is the third of a multi-part examination of the Babylonian mathematical lunar theories known as Systems A and B. Part I (Britton, AHES 61:83–145, 2007) addressed the development of the empirical elements needed to separate the effects of lunar and solar anomaly on the intervals between syzygies, accomplished in the construction of the System A lunar theory early in the fourth century B.C. Part II (Britton, AHES 63:357–431, 2009) examines the accomplishment of this separation by the… CONTINUE READING
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