The Age of Stonehenge Deduced from the Orientation of its Axis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8882964 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Herbert Stone (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1923 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 130-134 |
| Publication date | 1923-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003581500004790 |
| OpenAlex | W2316397357 |
| Language | EN |
In the year 1901 Sir Norman Lockyer made some instrumental observations at Stonehenge with a view to determining the angle of obliquity of the ecliptic which would cause midsummer sunrise to take place at a point on the horizon on the line of the axis of the structure
Atmospheric sciences · Ecliptic · Geodesy · Geography · Geometry · Orientation (vector space · Physics · Sunrise · Geology · Historical and Architectural Studies · Mathematics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |