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