History of one defeat: reform of the Julian calendar as envisaged by Isaac Newton

Having been asked in February 1700 by The Royal Society to respond to G. W. Leibniz's letter from Hanover about the decision of the German states to accept a so-called 'improved calendar', Isaac Newton, then Master of the Mint, developed a proposal for the reform of the Julian and Ecc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Notes and records of the Royal Society of London 2005-09, Vol.59 (3), p.223-254
Hauptverfasser:	Belenkiy, Ari, Vila Echagüe, Eduardo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astronomy Delta delta-t Earths Moon Easter Equinoxes Gregorian Calendar Hipparchus Natural satellites Protestantism Rudolphine Tables Selenology Solar Apogee Statistical Data Analysis Tropical Year Vernal equinox Winter
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