Comparison between Oriental and Occidental sunspot observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-229

  Willis, D M ^a   Davda, V N ^a   Stephenson, F Richard ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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