tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6514408648027791185..comments2024-03-29T09:14:34.373-04:00Comments on Borepatch: The Roman Leap DayBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-79864874658187113992020-02-26T10:25:47.471-05:002020-02-26T10:25:47.471-05:00@Gunker
And the Russians didn't adopt until th...@Gunker<br />And the Russians didn't adopt until the Bolsheviks took over which explains why the October Revolution was always celebrated in November. I always found it interesting that the Bolsheviks went with the Pope instead of the dictator. They could have made up their own like the Jacobins did.<br /><br />Will you turn off the Captcha anyway. It is dysfunctional.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416410052064018322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-35386471911838904232020-02-25T11:54:40.488-05:002020-02-25T11:54:40.488-05:00Today we measure the year to such precision that w...Today we measure the year to such precision that we add leap seconds pretty routinely. Not every year, the last one was in 2016, because not only has the Earth's rotation been slowing for a few centuries, it's slowing irregularly. <br /><br />Considering what they had to work with, they did pretty well. <br /><br />As the saying goes, we see farther by standing on the shoulders of giants. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-42315327816437580692020-02-25T10:10:59.285-05:002020-02-25T10:10:59.285-05:00Caesar's calendar was 365.25 days long which w...Caesar's calendar was 365.25 days long which was a few minutes longer than the astronomical year. These added up over the years, and by the time Gregory corrected it, the calendars were 11 days out (13 for the British who delayed adopting the Gregorian calendar due to it's popish influences)Gunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817592930255997397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-11927416673249944602020-02-25T08:40:42.108-05:002020-02-25T08:40:42.108-05:00And Caesar was Pontifex Maximus.And Caesar was Pontifex Maximus.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416410052064018322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-18296198208798297692020-02-24T23:17:33.667-05:002020-02-24T23:17:33.667-05:00Endlessly captivated by classical antiquity. So si...Endlessly captivated by classical antiquity. So similar but totally not, like a different dimension perhaps. And of course, not Christian.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-78618993725660618922020-02-24T18:10:11.379-05:002020-02-24T18:10:11.379-05:00So can we measure more accurately today how long i...So can we measure more accurately today how long it takes to get around the sun, in order that our seasons stay the seasons they are? I guess that is why we use the system we have now. libertymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987591250148492879noreply@blogger.com