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245 10 a| Eclipseh| [electronic resource] :b| the celestial phenomenon that changed the course of history /c| Duncan Steel ; foreword by Paul Davies.;

260 a| Washington, DC :b| Joseph Henry Press,;

300 a| xv, 474 p. :b| ill., map ;c| 19 cm.;

500 a| Includes index.;

505 8 a| Machine generated contents note: 1 From the Depths of Time:The Earliest Recorded Eclipses --2 The Heavenly Cycles --3 Making Predictions --4 A Warp in Space --5 The Turbulent Sun --6 Ancient Eclipses and the Length of the Day --7 Eclipses and the Size of the Sun --8 The American Eclipses of 1780 and 1806 --9 The Rocky Mountain Eclipse of 1878 10 The Great New York City Winter Eclipse --11 Nantucket, the Astronomically Blessed --12 Eclipses of the Third Kind --13 and a Fourth --14 Stepping Beyond the Solar System --15 An Eclipse Chaser's Guide --16 An Eclipse Whodunit --Appendix: Calculating Eclipses --Glossary of Astronomical and Scientific Terms --Picture Credits.;

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Eclipse the celestial phenomenon that changed the course of history / Duncan Steel ; foreword by Paul Davies.

Author/creator	Steel, Duncan, 1955-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press,
Description	xv, 474 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Eclipses--Popular works.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1 From the Depths of Time:The Earliest Recorded Eclipses --2 The Heavenly Cycles --3 Making Predictions --4 A Warp in Space --5 The Turbulent Sun --6 Ancient Eclipses and the Length of the Day --7 Eclipses and the Size of the Sun --8 The American Eclipses of 1780 and 1806 --9 The Rocky Mountain Eclipse of 1878 10 The Great New York City Winter Eclipse --11 Nantucket, the Astronomically Blessed --12 Eclipses of the Third Kind --13 and a Fourth --14 Stepping Beyond the Solar System --15 An Eclipse Chaser's Guide --16 An Eclipse Whodunit --Appendix: Calculating Eclipses --Glossary of Astronomical and Scientific Terms --Picture Credits.
General note	Includes index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2001039904
ISBN	030907438X (alk. paper)

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