Wilson, Curtis

The Hill-Brown theory of the moon's motion: its coming-to-be and short-lived ascendancy (1877-1984)/ Curtis Wilson - New York: Springer, c2010. - xiv, 323 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - (Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences) .

pt. I. Hill lays the foundation (1877-1878) --
pt. II. Brown completes the theory (1892-1908), and constructs tables (1908-1919) --
pt. III. Revolutionary developments in time-measurement, computing and data-collection.

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Artificial satellites--Orbits
Lunar theory
Astronomy

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