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100 1 _aSteel, Duncan,
_d1955-
245 1 0 _aEclipse :
_bthe celestial phenomenon that changed the course of history /
_cDuncan Steel ; foreword by Paul Davies.
260 _aWashington, DC :
_bJoseph Henry Press,
_c1999.
300 _axv, 365 p. :
_bill., map ;
_c19 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 8 _aMachine 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.
650 0 _aEclipses
_vPopular works.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2001039904.html
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