 | Edwin Williams - 1833 - 452 Seiten
...of eleven minutes. This diff rence, at the time of Gregory XIII. had amounted to ten entire days, 1) vernal equinox falling on the llth instead of the 21st of March, at wh,, period it fell correctly at the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 3: To obviate this... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 Seiten
...amounted to ten entire days, the vernal equinox falling on the llth, instead of the 2 1st of March. T» obviate this error, Gregory ordained, in 1582, that that year should consist of 3fi."> days only ; and to prevent further irregularity, it was determined that a year beginning a century... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1845 - 638 Seiten
...not of 365 days, six boors. This difference, at the time of Gregory XIII. had amounted to ten entire days, the vernal equinox falling on the llth, instead...only ; and to prevent further irregularity, it was determined that a year beginning a century should not be bissextile, with the exception of that beginning... | |
 | 1847 - 300 Seiten
...year, of eleven minutes. This difference, at the time of Gregory XT!!., had amounted to ten entire days, the vernal equinox falling on the llth instead of the 21st of March, at which period it fell correctly at the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325. To obviate this... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1851 - 700 Seiten
...not of 305 days, six hours. This difference, at the time of Gregory XIII.. had amounted to ten entire days, the vernal equinox falling on the llth, instead...only; and to prevent further irregularity, it was determined that a year beginning a century should not be bissextile, with the exception of that beginning... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1851 - 752 Seiten
...at the time of Gregory XHI. had amounted to ten entire days, the vernal equinox falling on the Ilth, instead of the 21st of March. To obviate this error, Gregory ordained, in 1582, that thai year should consist of 365 days only ; and to prevent further irregularity, it was determined... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 606 Seiten
...general use till 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII. undertook to rectify the error, which, at that time, amounted to ten days, the vernal equinox falling on the llth instead of the 21st of March. He accordingly directed the ten days between the 4th and 15th of October in that year to be suppressed,... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1853 - 776 Seiten
...not of 365 days six hours. This difference, at the time of Gregory XIII. had amounted to ten entire days, the vernal equinox falling on the llth, instead...only ; and to prevent further irregularity, it was determined that a year beginning a century should not be bissextile, with the exception of that beginning... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1853 - 738 Seiten
...difference, at the time of Gregory XIII., had amounted to ten entire days, the vernal equinox foiling on tho llth, instead of the 21st of March. To obviate this...only ; and to prevent further irregularity, it was determined that a year beginning a century should not be bissextile, with the exception of that beginning... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1856 - 866 Seiten
...error of eleven minutes or so had amounted, in 1582 years after the birth of Christ, to ten complete days; the vernal equinox falling on the llth instead of the 21st of March, at it did at the time of the Council of Nice, 325 years after the birth of Christ. This shifting of... | |
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Gregory ordained, in 1582, that that year should consist of 365 days only; and to prevent further irregularity, it was determined that a year beginning a century should not be bissextile, with the exception of that beginning each fourth century: thus,... 
