 Every year whose number is not divisible by 4 without remainder, consists of 365 days ; every year which is so divisible, but is not divisible by 100, of 366 ; every year divisible by 100, but not by 400, again of 365 ; and every year divisible by 400,...  Outlines of Astronomy - Page 589by John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 620 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...are denominated from the birth of Christ, according to one chronological determination of that event. Every year whose number is not divisible by 4 without...divisible by 4, consists of 365 days; 1836 of 366; 1800 and 1900 of 365 each ; but 2000'of 366. In order to see how near this rule will bring us to the truth,... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...are denominated from the birth of Christ, according to one chronological determination of that event. Every year whose number is not divisible by 4 without...divisible by 100, of 366 ; every year divisible by 1 00, but not by 400, again of 365 ; and every year divisible by 400, again of 366. For example, the... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1835 - 414 pages
...are denominated from the birth of Christ, according to one chronological determination of that event. Every year whose number is not divisible by 4 without...divisible by 4, consists of 365 days; 1836 of 366; 1800 and 1900 of 365 each; but 2000 of 366. In order to see how near this rule will bring us to the truth,... | |
 | Mrs. L. H. Tyler - 1837 - 302 pages
...bissextile. The following is the Gregorian rule : " Every year whose number is not divisible by 4 without a remainder, consists of 365 days ; every year which...; and every year divisible by 400, again of 366." (445.) This adjustment of the Julian calendar is called the Gregorian adjustment, and a calendar regulated... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 266 pages
...year whose number is not divisible by four without remainder, consists of three hundred and sixty-five days ; every year which is so divisible, but is not divisible by one hundred without remainder, to consist of three hundred and sixtysix days ; every year divisible... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 300 pages
...afterwards, the following rule was adoped : Every year whose number is not divisible by 4 without a remainder, consists of 365 days ; every year which,...400, again of 365 ; and 'every year divisible by 400, of 366. Thus the year 1838, not being divisible by 4, contains 365 days, while 1836 and 1840 are leap... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 504 pages
...afterwards, the following rule was adopted : Every year whose number is not divisible by 4 without a remainder, consists of 365 days ; every year which...400, again of 365 ; and every year divisible by 400, o/366. * The sextus dies ante Kalendas being reckoned twice, (Bis). Thus the year 1838, not being divisible... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - 1839 - 134 pages
...commencement of that era, as fixed by Dionysius Exiguus, and now in common use, (see ante, p. 85.) Every year whose number is not divisible by 4, without...so divisible, but is not divisible by 100, of 366 days ; every year divisible by 100, but not by 400, again of 365; and every year divisible by 400,... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...ivhose number is not divisible by four, without a remainder, consists of three hundred and sixty-five days ; every year which is so divisible, but is not divisible by one hundred, of three hundred and sixty-six; every year divisible by one hundred, but not by four hundred,... | |
 | William Ives Budington - 1845 - 276 pages
...accumulation of errors for the future. The Gregorian rule by which this correction is effected, is as follows: "Every year whose number is not divisible by 4, without...again of 365 — and every year divisible by 400, of 366. For example, the year 1845, not being divisible by 4, consists of 365 days; 1848 of 366; 1800... | |
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