Modern · 1907–1935
Sternkunde und Sterndienst in Babel
Vol. I: Babylonische Planetenkunde, 1907; Vol. II, 1909–1924; Ergänzungen 1913–1935
A foundational study of Babylonian planetary and lunar astronomy, its supplements completed by J. Schaumberger. Volume I, Babylonische Planetenkunde (1907), edits and analyses the Seleucid planetary ephemerides and observation texts.
- Author
- Franz Xaver Kugler
- Date
- 1907–1935
- Original language
- German
- Kind
- Mathematical astronomy
- Planets
- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Editions
One edition.
| Year | Edition | © |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | F. X. Kugler, Sternkunde und Sterndienst in Babel, Buch I: Entwicklung der babylonischen Planetenkunde (Münster: Aschendorff, 1907); Buch II (1909–1924); Ergänzungen zum ersten und zweiten Buch (1913–1914, 3. Ergänzungsheft by J. Schaumberger 1935) | ? |
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