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19 de mai. de 2024 · In the late 16th Century, demand for a change to the calendar had grown strong. Scientists discovered that the Julian Calendar introduced an error of one entire day every 128 years. Part of the problem was the way in which the Julian Calendar calculated a Leap Year.
28 de mai. de 2024 · The Julian calendar used to be the primary calendar of the Roman Empire. Named after Julius Caesar, it was introduced in 45 BCE and was widely used until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in the 16th century.
22 de mai. de 2024 · 94 maps (16th-19th centuries, with a particular strength in 17th century maps), arranged in four sections: general British Isles (1-5); English counties (A-Z) (6-48); Wales and Welsh counties (49-77); non-British (78-94). The earliest map in the Constable Collection is an edition of Ptolemy's Hibernia et Albion, published between ...
27 de mai. de 2024 · During the 16th century, timekeepers became more refined and sophisticated, so that by 1577 the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was able to obtain the first of four clocks that measured in seconds, and in Nuremberg, the German clockmaker Peter Henlein was paid for making what is thought to have been the earliest example of a watch ...
Há 5 dias · Here are the 12 signs of the zodiac, their appearances, and their months in the medieval calendar: Game Piece with Zodiac Sign of Cancer or Scorpio, mid-12th century, North French, walrus ivory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Search the UCLA Library Catalog and the Online Archive of California for 16th-century primary sources related to the history of science, technology, and/or medicine.
Há 18 horas · Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 23, 1632-1636 Edited by Allen B Hinds. Covers the period September 1632 to May 1636.
