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“Day was of sudden turned into night”: On the use of eclipses in dating oral history (1976)

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Authors & Contributors
Stephenson, F. Richard
Steele, John M.
Pasachoff, Jay M.
Mucke, Hermann
Meeus, Jean
Van Helden, Albert
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Archeoastronomy (Supplement to Journal for the History of Astronomy)
Nature
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Indian Journal of History of Science
Archaeoastronomy: Journal of the Center for Archaeoastronomy
Publishers
Astronomisches Büro
Concepts
Eclipses; transits; occultations; conjunctions
Astronomy
Lunar eclipses
Solar eclipse
Venus
Observation
People
Thales of Miletus
Linnell, John
Halley, Edmond
Time Periods
17th century
Ancient
19th century
18th century
Places
British Isles
Mesopotamia
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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