Many, but not all, of the errors detected in the first printing have been corrected in the second printing.Errata for Mapping Time
Second printing
Back to Mapping Time book page Errors present in first printing Errors present in paperback edition
Misprints and errors in the text of the second printing
Listed below are errors (and corrections) found in the second printing. Note that many errors present in the first printing were corrected in the second printing, but some, which were discovered too late, were not.
August 10th 2000
Preface line 10 Replace: Leibenrood
by: Liebenroodline 6 up Replace: ; and to Professor
by: ; to Professorline 5 up Replace: year.
by: year; and to Dr. Anna Adinolfi and the Superintendent of
Archeology at Pompeii for tracking down figure 21.2pxii Line L Replace: of the calendar
by: of the Mayan calendarpxiii line 3 Replace: seven to
by: seven to aline 5 Replace: 1505
by: 1503
pxiv line 9 Replace: Holding the nocturnal vertically at arms'
by: With the nocturnal held vertically at arm'spxv line 11 Replace: 1994
by: 1944pxvi line 1 up Replace: parliament
by: Parliamentpxvii line 9 Replace: that time
by: the timepxxi line 2 up Replace: details may
by: details and a list of any misprints found in this book mayp4 Caption to figure 1.2
Replace: seven to
by: seven to ap12 line 7 Replace: cosmalogies
by: cosmologiesline 16 Replace: monante
by: nonante
p13 Caption to figure 1.3
Replace: 1505
by: 1503p16 line 2 up Replace: Juinp
by: Junip
Note: My source says 'Juinp' but 'Junip' sounds better!p23 line 2 Replace: 2.3
by: 2.1figure 2.5 R (right ascension) is shown as being measured clockwise from A. It should be measured anti-clockwise. i.e. The arc measured by R should start at AO and proceed anti-clockwise to the other radius, rather than proceding clockwise.
p35 Table 2.4 The names given as those of Chinese authors are in reality the names of Chinese calendars
p37 line 2 up Replace: but is was
by: but it wasp45 Figure 3.1 Remove the line between 'Republican' and 'France'
Replace: 1 chalakim
by: 1 chalakp53 Caption to figure 3.6
Replace: Holding the nocturnal vertically at arms'
by: With the nocturnal held vertically at arm'sp60 line 5 Replace: obselete
by: obsoleteline 14 Replace: Chuggia
by: Paduap63 line 3 up Replace: Co-ordinate
by: Co-ordinatedp73 line 2 Replace: oa-oa, oa-oa-oa
by: oa-oa, oa-oa-a, oa-oa-oaline 3 Replace: five
by: sixp77 Figure 5.3 The top part of this figure is unfortunately missing:
The number 819
There should be an extra digit above the digit <> (lozenge, 0)
This should be: o o (meaning 2 x 400)The number 72,063
There should be two extra digits above o o o (3 x 20)
These should be: o o o (meaning 9 x 8000)<> (meaning 0 x 400)
p81 line 19 Replace: quinzieme
by: quinzainep87 line 6 Replace: lawest
by: lowestp100 line 12 up Replace: extra day,
by: extra day was calledp102 line 14 Replace: a celestial sign
by: celestial signsp108 line 7 up Replace: call
by: calledp110 line 3 Replace: Sanhedrim
by: Sanhedrin
p120 Table 7.2
Line starting 'Armelin'
Replace: 3 Dec
by: 31 Decline starting 'Hanin'
Replace: 3 Dec
by: 32 Decline starting 'Philip I'
Replace: 3 Jun
by: 31 Jun
p120 Table 7.2
Line starting 'Armelin'
Replace: 3 Dec
by: 31 Decline starting 'Hanin'
Replace: 3 Dec
by: 32 Decline starting 'Philip I'
Replace: 3 Jun
by: 31 Junp121 line 14 up Replace: the
by: beline 14 up Replace: yearly calendars would
by: yearly calendars who wouldp122 line 9 Replace: Order of Council
by: Order in Councilline 4 up Replace: day week
by: day week,
p127 Table 8.1 Replace: Palaeolithc
by: Palaeolithicp130 line 3 up
p132 line 16 up
p435 Index
In these three places:
Replace: paleolithic
by: palaeolithic
p132 line 11 up Delete: these
p139 line 8 up Replace: stones which
by: stones, whichp141 line 3 up Replace: passes
by: passp146 line 18 Replace: Baghadad
by: Baghdadp152 line 19 Replace: three season
by: three seasonsline 6 up Replace: months
by: months,p154 Table 11.2 Replace: Epogomenae
by: Epagomenaep155 line 6,7 Replace: (EN) was invented , which started in 747 BC.
by: (EN), which started in 747 BC, was invented.line 4 up Replace: /309)
by: /309),p156 line 3 Replace: step with moon
by: step with the moonp157 line 14 Replace: years, who
by: years; theseline 5 up Replace: than
by: thatp158 Table 11.3 line 8
Replace: 9 July 552
by: 11 July 552line 9 Replace: Chaldecon
by: Chalcedon
p159 line 13 Replace: was
by: has beenp162 line 7 up Replace: Yin
by: Yangline 7 up Replace: Yang
by: Yin
p167 line 16 Replace: 10
by: 3p182 line 10 Replace: as a
by: asline 18 Replace: are
by: isp184 line 5 up Replace: Shah
by: Riza Shah
p185 line 3 up Delete: 20thTable 14.4 Replace: kim
by: kin
(three occurances)p192 line 3 up Replace: zero rather than one as
by: zero, rather than one, asTable 14.4 Replace: kim
by: kin
(three occurances)p193 line 1 Replace: elapsed for
by: elapsed, forline 13 Replace: Ahua
by: Ahau
line 10 up Replace: beside
by: besidesp197 lines 2, 3, 14 & 15
Replace: Posideon
by: Poseideonp202 Table 15.3
line 1 Replace: Quarter days in England and Scotland
by: English Quarter days and old Scottish Term daysline 8 Replace: Scottish quarter days
bt: Scottish term days
p204 line 19 Replace: and to took
by: and tookp207 line 4 Replace: Macrobios
by: Macrobiusline 2 up Replace: 23 February 23rd
by: February 23rdp211 line 14 Replace: with the their
by: with theirline 10 up Replace: Iupiter
by: Iuppiterp212 line 1 Replace: a new years
by: a new year
p213 Table 16.2, col 5, line 3
Replace: I
by: IV
(as in columns 3, 4)footnote
Replace: after March VI
by: before Martius VIp214 Caption of figure 16.2
Replace: Courtsey
by: Courtesyline 4 Replace: after ante diem
by: before ante diem
p216 line 10 Delete: Another mnemonic is illustrated in FIG. 16.3.
Note: The original figure referred to is unaccountably missing.
p217 line 7 up Remove the semicolon (;) after 'Diocletian'
p218 line 14 Replace: 727
by: 753line 2 up Replace: indications
by: indictionsp221 line 4 Replace: Ethanum
by: Ethanimline 5 Replace: (eight, month
by: (eighth monthlines 6 & 17 Replace: Abib
by: Avivline 18 Replace: sacrificed
by: offeredline 20 Replace: Passover happened
by: Passover would otherwise happenp222 line 6 Replace: Necator
by: Nicatorp223 line 16 Replace: Gameleal
by: Gamaliellines 15, 17, 22, 24 In these four lines:
Replace: Sanhedrim
by: Sanhedrinline 12 up Replace: 10 chalakim are equal to three
by: three chalakim are equal to 10p224 line 17 Replace: Nisam
by: Nisanp223 lines 3 up, 1 up
p224 lines 3, 6, 10, 12, 10up, 7 up
p226 lines 5, 6, 7, 16, 3 up, 2up
p227 lines 1, 6, 15up, 14up, 11up, 6up, 4up
p228 lines 4, 5, 5 up
p326 lines 9, 12, 13, 11up
p327 lines 5, 12, 17
p328 lines 6, 14up
p329 line 1up
p331 line 6
In all these places
Replace: Molod
by: Molad
Which represents a better transliteration from the Hebrewp228 line 6 Replace: had to postponed
by: had to be postponedline 16 up Replace: Keviah) which
by: Keviah), which
p232 line 1 Replace: form which
by: form of whichp236 line 17 Replace: Muhammad Ali
by: Ali Muhammadp237 line 8 Replace: Gregorian
by: the Gregorianp238 line 2 up Replace: 17th
by: 13thp244 line 3 up
p245 line 4 up In these two places:
Replace: Chacon (with a grave accent on o)
by: Chacon (with an acute accent on o)p246 line 2 Replace: the following year on 4 October.
by: the same year in October.line 5 up Replace: Gregory IV
by: Gregory XIVp252 line 4 Replace: provide
by: providesline 19 Replace: 25
by: 24p253 line 16 up Replace: 281
by: 282line 15 up
Replace: 354
by: 355
(1752 was a leap year)p254 Caption to figure 19.6
Replace: parliament
by: Parliamentline 2 Replace: otherwise known as
by: the day followingp257 lines 10-12 Replace:
Lagrange was one of the most noted mathematicians and astronomers of his time, if not of all time, who had made important contributions to the theory of planetary dynamics.
by:
Lagrange, who had made important contributions to the theory of planetary dynamics, was one of the most noted mathematicians and astronomers of his time, if not of all time.p260 line 8 Replace: world
by: wordCaption to figure 20.3
Replace: that time
by: the timep263 line 15 Replace: instruction which
by: instruction, whichp264 line 4 up Replace: have have
by: have hadp265 line 3 Replace: what day of the week it is
by: what is the day of the week isline 8 up Replace: west
by: east
line 7 up Replace: west
by: eastp267 line 17 Replace: thy stranger
by: the strangerp270 line 2 up Replace: earlier
by: earlier than thatp273 line 12 up Replace: derive
by: derivesp276 line 13 up Replace: shop
by: shopsp280 line 12-13 Replace:
by:The identification of Woden or Odin with Mercurey is more problematic though it is made by several Roman authorsTable 21.2 line 5Both Woden or Odin and Mercury were responsible for conducting the souls of fallen warriors to their new dwellings
Replace: Thor,Thunar
by: Thunar,ThorDelete: but the reasons are unclear
p290 Table 22.1,
line 4 (Egyptian calendar)
Replace: 20-04-0747
by: 26-02-0747line 5 (Armenian calendar)
Replace: BC
by: ADline 6 (Khwarizmian calendar)
Replace: 195206
by: 1952068line 21 (Bahai calendar)
Replace: 11-05-1844
by: 09-3-1844Replace: 2394710
by: 2394647line 22 (Saka calendar)
Replace: 04-03-0079
by: 24-03-0079p291 line 2 Replace: using language
by: using a languagep292 line 5 & 6 up
Replace: A and B are positive integers
by: A and B are integers and that A is great or equal to zero
and B is greater than zero
p293 line 13 Replace: if A
by: as Ap296 line 13 up Replace: Zellor
by: Zellerp297 line 1 Replace: reletion
by: relationp298 line 9 up Replace: formul
by: formulap302 line 13 Replace: sunday
by: Sundayp305 line 9 up Replace: 2466
by: 2474line 8 up Replace: MOD(2466,7)
by: MOD(2474-1,7)p306 line 5 Replace: 7 + 31 - 5
by: 7 + 3 - 5p307 line 6 Replace: indicated
by: indicatesp312 line 8 up Replace: M =< m
by: M >= mp314 line 18 Replace: Zellor
by: Zeller
p316 line 4/5 up Replace: Jg values given in Table 25.1
by: day numbers ( Jg ) in Table 22.1
p319 line 7 Replace: y' - y0'
by: Y' - Y0'line 9 Replace: y' - y0'
by: Y' - Y0'line 11 up Replace: desirable
by: essentialp327 line 11 up Replace: and 19 in an
by: and 13 in anp328 line 3 up Replace: one if
by: one, ifline 2 up Replace: required or
by: required, orp331 line 1 up Replace: into future
by: into the futurep335 line 6 Replace: following, many workers in the field take
by: following many scholars, takep341 line 5 up Replace: kim
by: kinp345 line 3 Replace: Oster
by: Osternp346 line 12 up Replace: knew
by: had knownp347 line 10 up Replace: Bythnia
by: BithyniaReplace: eastern
by: westernp348 lines 1,2 Replace: practice by the Council of Antioch in AD 341,
by: practice in AD 341 (by the Council of Antioch),line 2 Replace: and further
by: and despite furtherline 7 Replace: as Constantinople
by: Constantinopleline 3 up Replace: there were, at that time,
by: there werep350 line 13 Replace: Aquataine
by: Aquitainelines 3,2,1 up and p 351 lines 1,2,3
Replace these lines: Dennis knew .......... was also the first year of a cycle
by:
Dennis knew that there was a new moon on 23rd March 323 AD and he also believed (wrongly) that there was an equinox on the same day. This coincidence seemed a good reason to assign this year to the first of a Metonic cycle. He then worked out from this assumption that the first new moon of 325 AD fell on January 1st which by a happy coincidence was the year of the Council of Nicaea. Finally he calculated that 1 BC, the year he had decided was that of the Nativity, was also the first year of a cycle.p352 line 6 up Replace: order of council
by: order in Councilp356 line 14 Replace: effect
by: affectline 16-13 up
Replace: This, it may be ..........seem desirable
by:
This, it may be calculated, ensures that a new moon fell on March 23rd AD 323 and on January 1st in the year of the Council of Nicaea. The reasons for this apparently arbitrary choice for the start of the 19 year cycles has been explained above.p368 line 3 Replace: solar equation is given
by: solar equation (for H>15) is givenbetween lines 10 and 11:
Equation (29.8), it turns out , is valid for H=15, and
indeed for any H greater than 0.line 14 Replace: alone for
by: alone, for
line 9 up Replace: lunar correction is given
by: lunar correction (for H>17) is givenline 7 up Replace: Z/2
by: Z/24between lines 4 up and 3 up insert
Equation (29.11) is valid for any century, H > 13.p369 line 13 up Replace: were in
by: were at in
line 9 up Replace: one fell
by: one of them fellp370 line 1 Replace: up
by: backp372 line 9 Replace: 24 or if G >= 12
by: 24, or if G>12
Please note that the > symbol used here should be the 'greater than or equal' sign
line 10 Replace: = 25 and in
by: = 25, and inline 14 & 15 Replace these two lines by:
epact and which takes its two greatest values, 29 and 28, when the epact is 24 and 25 repectively. To do this, consider the expression derived from equation 29.3:
line 14 up Replace: H
by: Uline 12 up Replace: -11H = 11(29 - H)
by: -11U = 11(29 - U)line 11 up Replace: 11
by: 12p375 Algorithm O, step 3
Delete: (29.7)p377 line 13 up Replace: be
by: he
p381 line 5 up Replace: TABLE 30.1
by: TABLE 29.1line 2 up Replace: TABLE 30.1
by: TABLE 29.1p382 line 6 & 7 up
Replace: TABLE 30.1
by: TABLE 29.1line 8 Replace: TABLE 30.1
by: TABLE 29.1line 10 Replace: TABLE 30.1
by: TABLE 29.1p390 line 2 up Replace: Since both the year and the day manifest a small secular decrease, this
by: This
p391 line 4 Replace: roman
by: Romanline 2 up Replace: Sontag Sontag
by: Sondag Sondag
(but note non standard character should be retained in both)p392 line 2 Replace: Sonsdag
by: Onsdagunder Portuguese
Replace: fiera
by: feira
5 instancesp394 line 16 up Replace: Kak
by: YekReplace: ?
by: Yeksem
p396 Under Turkic languages:
'Gunu' should follow: Pazartesi, Carasamba,
Persembe, Cuma and Cumartesi
Note: 'Gunu' means 'day'Under Chinese
Replace: gi
by: qi
(7 instances for the seven days)Replace: lian
by: tian
(Sunday)Replace: shi
by: si
(Thursday)p397 Bottom line Insert in third column: Sabato
Note: this is the Esperanto for Saturdayp401 Entry for: Bissextile year
Replace: VI a.d. Kal Feb.
by: VI a.d. Kal Mar.
(in both places)p402 Entry for: Computer 2
Replace: calculations such
by: calculations, suchp405 Entry for: Great circle
Replace: ecliptic, and
by: ecliptic andEntry for: Greenwich Mean Time
replace: near London
by: London
Entry for: Intercalation
Replace: numbers which must be
by: numbers, which must then beEntry for: International atomic time (TAI)
Replace: in terms of
by: in terms of anp407 Entry for: Paschal cycle
Replace: dates of Easter
by: Dionysian dates of EasterEntry for: Paschal full moon
Replace: equinox which is taken, notionally, to
by: equinox, which is taken notionally top408 Entry for: Planet
Replace: Jupiter, and
by: Jupiter andEntry for: Resonance
Replace: start
by: startsEntry for: Sanculotide
Replace: names
by: nameEntry for: Saros
Replace: lunations, and if there was
by: lunations. If there isp409 Entry for: Second
Replace: atomic clock
by: an atomic clockp410 Entry for: Universal time (UT)
Replace: lead
by: leapEntry for: Watch 3
Replace: ships
by: shipEntry for: Year
Replace: Is it
by: It isp415 Reference G6
Replace: H.A.Hatcher
by: D.A.Hatcherp416 line 6 Replace: H3
by: H13line 10 Replace: references
by: referenceline 11 Replace: S28
by: S31p418 line 17 Replace: S28
by: S31line 16 up Replace: S8, S9, and S10
by: S9 and S10p419 Reference M1
Replace: Time and it mysteries
by: Time and its mysteries
p420 line 12 Replace: of them
by: two examplesp425 line 14 Replace: third
by: fourthline 15 Replace: Gregory III
by: Gregory XIII
pX line N points to the Nth line from the top on page X
pX line N up points to the Nth line from the bottom on page X
Letters to be deleted, inserted or changed are indicated in bold type.
egrichards@zetnet.co.uk August 10th 2000
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