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Stephenson F. R. and
Morrison L. V.

1995Long-term fluctuations in the Earth’s rotation: 700 BC to AD 1990Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Physical and Engineering Sciences351165–202http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1995.0028

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Published:15 April 1995https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1995.0028

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Records of solar and lunar eclipses in the period 700 BC to AD 1600, originating from the ancient and medieval civilizations of Babylon, China, Europe and the Arab world, are amassed and critically appraised for their usefulness in answering questions about the long-term variability of the Earth’s rate of rotation. Results from previous analyses of lunar occupations in the period AD 1600-1955.5, and from high-precision data in AD 1955.5-1990, are included in the dataset considered in this paper.

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15 April 1995

Volume 351Issue 1695

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1995.0028
Published by:Royal Society
Print ISSN:0962-8428
Online ISSN:2054-0299

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Manuscript received08/12/1993
Manuscript accepted06/05/1994
Published online01/01/1997
Published in print15/04/1995

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