Allan Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I guess getting within 6 minutes of accuracy isn't all that hard after
> all.

Hmmm, you're right.  Since the length of the year happens to be so
close to 365 1/4 days, even a blind chicken (e.g., Julius Caesar) can
get a very accurate number without sweating.  Now we really do need a
historian to tell us just how much more clever than this Hipparcus
was.

Art

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