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Dvorak, John (John J.), author.
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Solar eclipses -- History.
Total solar eclipses -- History.
Saros cycle.
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Mask of the sun : th...
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Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses / John Dvorak.
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Dvorak, John (John J.), author.
New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Subjects
Solar eclipses -- History.
Total solar eclipses -- History.
Saros cycle.
ISBN:
9781681773308 (hardcover) :
1681773309 (hardcover)
Description:
xxvii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Pegasus Books edition.
Contents:
New York, 1925 -- The heretic and the Pope -- The invisible planets of Rahu and Ketu -- Saros and the substitute king -- Measuring the world -- The waste of yin -- A request to the curious -- The annulus at Inch Bonney -- A simple truth of nature -- Eclipse chasers -- Keys and kettledrums -- The Crucifixion and the Concorde -- Einstein's error -- The glorious corona -- Illinois, 2017 -- An eclipse primer.
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Hawaii State Library
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523.7809 Dv
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523.7809 Dvorak
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