The Canon of Eclipses (German Canon der Finsternisse), published in 1887 at the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer, is a compilation of over 13000 (8000 solar and 5200 lunar) eclipses, including all solar and all umbral lunar eclipses between the years 1208 BC and 2161 CE.[1] It was republished by Dover Books in 1962.
| Author | Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer |
|---|---|
Publication date | 1887 |
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canon of Eclipses.
- ^ von Oppolzer, Th. Canon der Finsternisse. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei [= Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Bd. 52]; repr. with preface by Donald H. Menzel and English translation of the introduction by Owen Gingerich, New York: Dover Publications, 1962.
External links
edit- 1887 Original German edition at Internet Archive
 | This article about an astronomy-related book is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |