The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories

By J.L. Heilbron

Book Overview

Between 1650 and 1750, four Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Built to fix an unquestionable date for Easter, they also housed instruments that threw light on the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674854330
• ISBN13: 9780674854338
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.3" x 7.0"