civil year
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Again, let us suppose the civil year to consist of 364 days.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
The 18 hours gained the next 100 years restores the coincidence in the year 2000 and so on, the solar and the civil year being made to coincide very nearly every 400 years.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
From 6 hours in advance in 1700, the civil year falls back to 12 hours behind the solar in 1800, consequently they must coincide in 1733.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
The intercalary day or 24 hours being suppressed in 1700, causes the civil year to be 6 hours in advance of the solar, and is represented on the chart 6 hours in advance.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
This would indeed be the case if the mean value of the civil year of the Julian calendar was exactly equal to the tropical year.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
