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From: Sue Wallworth <>
Subject: [CHS] Leap Year
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:01:37 +0000

I thought listers might like to read this explanation of leap years.

The Julian calender was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC,
in which a period of three years ,each of 365 days, was followed by a leap
year of 366 days.
The average length of the year was therefor 365.25. Since this was 11
minutes longer than the tropical year,an extra day appeared about every
128 years.
This discrepancy was Amended by the Gregorian calender ,introduced in Rome
Catholic countries
in 1582 by Pope Gregory X111. It was not until 1752 that the Gregorian
calender ws made law in Britain and the colonies


Sue

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