| 单词 | leap year |
| 例句 | As this method was clumsy, , Euergetes—very possibly at the advice of his new librarian— proposed a simpler four-year cycle with three years consisting of 365 days each, plus a leap year of 366 days. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z After all, they are watching the clockwork of the heavens—a clockwork that does not hiccup on leap years or reset itself every time humans decide to change the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Considering how special it is for a baby to be born on Feb. 29, leap year babies — also known as leapers or leaplings — are believed by some astrologers to possess special talents. 5 leap-year traditions from around the world 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z A number of hotels are offering leap year deals. In Transit Blog: This Year, an Extra Day To Get Hotel Deals 2012-02-25T15:00:11Z Cloudless day, the kind that San Francisco gets every leap year. Motherlode Blog: Dad's a Romantic. Preschooler Son? Not So Much. 2012-05-21T20:46:38Z In the US there is apparently no statute or rule regarding my legal birthday on non leap years. Growing up as a leap year baby: 'Kids would say I didn’t have a real birthday' 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z After four long calendar years, leap year is upon us again. 5 leap-year traditions from around the world 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The February Gold variety of daffodil — cheap, cheerful and early — lived up to its name this year in my garden, but only because it’s a leap year. Spring is nearly here. Have you finished your winter chores? 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Also, for the leap year, book at least two nights at the Cloister, the Lodge or the Inn at Sea Island and pay $29 on Feb. 29. The week’s best travel deals from around the globe 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “I don’t know what it was about with 2016. Maybe because it was a leap year. But it was just miserable,” she said. A year for the shredder: US election and ex-boyfriends on 2016 'good riddance' list 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The tenor Daniel Greenwood proved an earnest and engaging Frederic, the young man mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates and trapped by a leap year birthday. Music Review: ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ at Symphony Space 2013-12-29T20:37:38Z And we can’t even celebrate the anniversary every year because he died on leap year day. “The Monkees songbook is maybe the third-best”: Peter Tork claims the bronze—right after the Beatles and the Stones 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z And anyone born in a leap year who spends at least $9 at Market, the hotel’s upscale convenience store, will get a free birthday cupcake courtesy of Dylan’s Candy Bar. In Transit Blog: This Year, an Extra Day To Get Hotel Deals 2012-02-25T15:00:11Z He was born on February 29th on a leap year. 10 Things We Learned About Ja Rule From His New Book 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Likewise, the Ethiopian calendar consists of 13 months, which includes a 13th month consisting of only 5 days in a common year and 6 days in a leap year. 5 leap-year traditions from around the world 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z “In the end, the leap year custom helped ensure that men continued to hold the power in matters of matrimony.” 5 leap-year traditions from around the world 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Here are some of the leap year’s most interesting beliefs and traditions around the world. 5 leap-year traditions from around the world 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z He added that the existing body of evidence strongly suggested that Aztecs, and their predecessors, never developed a correction system that incorporated leap years. An Ancient ‘Horizon Calendar’ Comes Into View Over Mexico City 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Roughly every four years, an extra day gets tacked onto the end of February, a time-keeping convention known as the leap year. Is Time Running Out for the Leap Second? 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z I'm not saying let's do away with time zones and leap years and go completely au naturel. Why we should set our clocks back in November and keep them there 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The second feature of the new Gregorian calendar was a change in the rule for leap year, making the average length of the year more closely approximate the tropical year. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Assume that the domain does not include leap years. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z Long before Europeans colonized North America, the Indigenous peoples in the valley where Mexico City would later arise may have followed a natural solar calendar that was so accurate it accounted for leap years. An Ancient ‘Horizon Calendar’ Comes Into View Over Mexico City 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z If next year were a leap year, there would have be 10 consecutive palindrome dates, including 2-29-22, but alas, it is not. Digiphiles, delight! A rare stretch of palindrome days has begun 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z So the new year falls on 11 September in the Western calendar, or 12 September in leap years, at the start of spring. Ethiopia: The country where a year lasts 13 months 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The leap year was to have one extra day, bringing its length to 366 days, and thus making the average length of the year in the Julian calendar 365.25 days. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Lawton called February a difficult month for comparisons, because 2020 was a leap year and there was one less weekend day this year. Nevada casinos get more gamblers, but revenues still lag 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z There is really no guarantee that the 365 spins of the Earth that we will call 2021 will be better than the 366 days of the leap year from which we are about to exit. Hoping against hope in 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z I’ve been following her career since she worked for the Dodgers’ front office and I kept pulling for her to make this historic leap year after year. Letters: Your unbeaten, untied, unimpressive Trojans 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z In Ethiopia it is simple: 12 months each have 30 days and the 13th - the last of the year - has five or six days, depending on whether it's a leap year. Ethiopia: The country where a year lasts 13 months 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Gregory decreed that three of every four century years—all leap years under the Julian calendar—would be common years henceforth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Or this one: Did you know 2020 is a unique leap year? The coronavirus pandemic is terrifying — it's OK to laugh 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z So every year that is exactly divisible by 4 is a leap year, in which a 29th day is added to February. Spring starts Thursday with the vernal equinox. What does that mean? 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The outage was not caused by a failure to code for the leap year. Robinhood experienced two major outages in two days 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z But a few flakes fell on Saturday, the extra day of a leap year. New York City Had Among Least Snowiest Winters on Record 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The rule was that only century years divisible by 400 would be leap years. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Normally, the 28th day of February ends the month, and were this not a leap year, Saturday would have been March 1. On leap day in Washington area, winds spoke of March 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z But there’s an exception to that: The centurial years that are exactly divisible by 400 are leap years. Spring starts Thursday with the vernal equinox. What does that mean? 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z If you hadn't noticed - it's leap year day. 'I planned an £800K marriage proposal' 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Yes, 2020 is a leap year, which means we all get an extra day, and this year, for the first time in almost 30 years, 29 February falls on a Saturday. Betrothals, babies and big birthdays: how people make the most of the Leap Day 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Can you figure out a scheme analogous to leap year to make this calendar work? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z To prevent the drift from happening again, the pope kept leap years but decreased their frequency. This leap day and year would be the last ever if two scholars have their way 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z As it is a leap year, the volunteers expect this St Valentine's Day to be "the most romantic yet". Village shows love for Valentine's Day romance 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z But in a leap year - and on 29 February - the likelihood of women proposing increases. 'I planned an £800K marriage proposal' 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z A positive side-effect of leaperdom is the slower ageing: it’s common for leapers to insist their age changes only in a leap year. Betrothals, babies and big birthdays: how people make the most of the Leap Day 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Explain why the year 1800 was not a leap year, even though years divisible by four are normally considered to be leap years. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z But, if two Johns Hopkins University professors had their way, this leap year would be the last of its kind. This leap day and year would be the last ever if two scholars have their way 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z It takes far more than 28 days - or even 29 in this leap year - to do her story justice. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z And as this is a leap year, it's also 333 days from the end of the year - a third palindrome. Geeks celebrate international palindrome day 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z One of its press representatives described it to me as an “accelerator” for the coming revolution, a place where women are preparing to “leap year” into a more egalitarian future. The Wing: how an exclusive women's club sparked a thousand arguments 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Explain why the Gregorian calendar modified the nature of the leap year from its original definition in the Julian calendar. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A leap year pushes March 17 to a Tuesday in 2020, and midweek parades tend to be more tame. Georgia editorial roundup 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It was the last day of February 1996, a leap year. Jack Harper: ‘When I was at Real Madrid people asked if I was actually Scottish’ 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z This Sunday night — unusually early due to a leap year in the Jewish lunar calendar — marks the beginning of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which commemorates an age-old miracle. Hanukkah: How to make oversize potato and root vegetable latkes for the holiday 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z I pretty much knew I wanted to marry her by then, but, I mean, who proposes on leap year day? She asked me to marry her, and I thought it was a big joke 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Also significantly above the February average is 29 February, which only occurs in leap years. How popular is your wedding day? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Some American cities, including Portland and Seattle, made the leap years ago. California Today: Homeless Camps, With Official Blessing 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Bosses in the US said the results were a "sequential improvement" when accounting for the lack of a leap year and a later Easter this year. Asda suffers 11th quarter of falling sales - BBC News 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z "The leap year comparison and other seasonal effects made the start of this year particularly challenging," said Nestle chief executive Mark Schneider. Unilever sales rise on higher prices - BBC News 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z But a comparison of monthly spending between the two years is misleading because there were 29 days in February in 2016 due to the leap year. Hawaii visitor spending, traveler numbers up in February 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z I’m familiar with the concept of leap years, of course, but Forster was saying that no one month, year, minute, hour is exactly, perfectly equivalent to any other. Confessions of a Watch Geek 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Also, last season N.H.L. schedule makers benefited from the leap year, getting one more day to play. N.H.L. Clubs, Meet Your Toughest Foe: The Schedule 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Unlike leap years, leap seconds are not a regular occurrence. 2017 leapt into the new year with an extra second of time 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z On Friday, the 365th and next to last day of this leap year, many people were excited to see and photograph the day’s brief and windblown flurries. Snow squalls come and go in a hurry 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z "The government has no plans to create a public holiday in place of 29 February every leap year", was the firm conclusion. Signing up: A Bowie bank holiday and other petitions - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z It’s a leap year, which means it’s even more important than usual for the Obama administration to deny the threat of Islamic terrorism. Benghazi Without the Shame 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Excluding the impact of leap year, which added an extra day to February, GDP probably expanded around 0.2 percent, Tonouchi said. Japan first-quarter GDP revised up, boosted by leap year gain 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Unlike leap years, leap seconds are not a regular occurrence. 2017 leapt into the new year with an extra second of time 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z But the extra day of activity provided by a leap year contributed to the figures. Postpone and be damned 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The surprisingly strong economic growth between January to March was partly attributed to an extra day because of 2017 being a leap year. Japanese economy avoids recession - BBC News 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The extra day in February because of the leap year also helped, specialists said. In Japan, Deflation Leaves a Bitter Taste 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Economists said an extra leap year day helped boost household spending. Japan’s Economy Rebounds Sharply in First Quarter 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But this includes a fillip from the leap year and an accounting change: in reality the top line only grew marginally, if at all. Why Vodafone Needs Liberty Global More Than Ever 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Worldwide sales in outlets open for at least 13 months increased by 6.2% helped by an extra trading day because of the leap year. McDonald's profits jump by more than a third - BBC News 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In order to keep the Hebrew year aligned with the seasons of the solar calendar, the Jewish calendar regularly includes leap years that add an extra month—and 2016 is one of them. Here's Why Passover Is So Late This Year 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The team also only looked at the peak 60 days in summer, which in a leap year like 2016 run from June 23 to Aug. 21. Meteorologists think they will soon be able to predict heat waves in the Eastern US as much as 50 days ahead of time 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z "It's supposed to be March, because it's a leap year," Stewart said. Breanna Stewart scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead top-ranked UConn to a 79-59 win over No. 20 South Florida in the regular-season finale for both teams 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z “It’s supposed to be March, because it’s a leap year,” Stewart said. UConn overcomes halftime deficit to beat USF 79-59 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Thanks to the leap year, Black History Month was a day longer than usual. Your Monday Evening Briefing: Donald Trump, Academy Awards, Stephen Curry 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Not only have leap years balanced the calendar, they have also given Ireland its tradition of the so-called Ladies’ Privilege. New York Today: Leap-Day Lore 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z I admire any woman who has and will propose this leap year – or any other day, for that matter. Do women still feel they can only propose in a leap year? | The panel 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z But 2000 was a year divisible by 100, and that was a leap year. Is 29 February a capitalist conspiracy? 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Julius Caesar introduced a calendar with 365 days plus a leap year every fourth year with 366 days. Behind the Logic, and Lore, of Leap Day 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Most of the modern world has adopted the Gregorian calendar and its leap year system to allow days and months to stay in step with the seasons. The Surprising History Behind Leap Year 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Even with the elaborate system of leap years, the calendar will still require another tweak. Your Wednesday Briefing: Donald Trump, iPhone, Stanford University 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Of course I’m all for it, but this leap year my feminism has a day off. Do women still feel they can only propose in a leap year? | The panel 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Even with the extra day in February this leap year, March is coming up quickly. What to do in March: four upcoming L.A. food events 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z This reduced the number of leap years over four centuries from 100 to 97, cutting the average length of the calendar year to 365.2425 days—pretty close to the length of the solar year. Behind the Logic, and Lore, of Leap Day 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z That means future generations will have a decision to make on leap year, though not for a long time. The Surprising History Behind Leap Year 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But it added an exception: Years ending in two zeros would be a leap year only if divisible by 400. Your Wednesday Briefing: Donald Trump, iPhone, Stanford University 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z I started thinking about proposing to Simon after a friend reminded me of the tradition of women popping the question in a leap year. Do women still feel they can only propose in a leap year? | The panel 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z But what ultimately tipped the balance in its favour was when we realised that 2016 is a leap year. Let’s make this a real ‘leap’ year, and go fossil fuel-free | Naomi Klein 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The current pattern of leap years was designed to keep March 21, the ecclesiastical date of the vernal equinox, aligned with the astronomical event. Behind the Logic, and Lore, of Leap Day 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But even this system was flawed, because the 0.25 day leap year adds annually is a bit longer than the solar year's leftover 0.242 day. The Surprising History Behind Leap Year 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Feb. 29 appears on the calendar this month, as this is a leap year. Your Wednesday Briefing: Donald Trump, iPhone, Stanford University 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Take the belief that on leap years a woman is “allowed” to propose marriage to a man. Do women still feel they can only propose in a leap year? | The panel 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z And it’s a leap year, too,” was how the Page One story began. Friday File: When the Ball First Dropped on New Year’s Eve 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z The party’s voters inexplicably refuse to show up unless it’s a leap year. Democrats struggle with the down-ballot blues 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z For centuries, trying to sync calendars with the length of the natural year caused confusion—until the concept of leap year provided a way to make up for lost time. The Surprising History Behind Leap Year 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Like the Julian calendar, it ensured that every year divisible by four would be a leap year. Your Wednesday Briefing: Donald Trump, iPhone, Stanford University 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Just as leap years keep our calendars lined up with Earth's revolution around the sun, leap seconds adjust for Earth's rotation. World Will Gain a Leap Second on Tuesday: Here's Why 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Leap seconds - and leap years - are added as basic ways to keep the clock in sync with the Earth and its seasons. 'Leap second' added for first time in three years - BBC News 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The leap year cycle disk sits nicely at the 12:00 position. Introducing the Bovet 1822 Virtuoso VII, and Understanding Why it Costs $92,000 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Even today, some calendars discount the leap year meant to keep us in time with our orbit, or ignore the sun altogether. The Surprising History Behind Leap Year 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z This more sparing use of leap years lets the calendar resolve a discrepancy with the solar year in the Julian calendar. Your Wednesday Briefing: Donald Trump, iPhone, Stanford University 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Thanks to the Moon’s friction, about 4 million years from now, we won’t even need leap years anymore, as a year will consist of exactly 365 days. Solar Eclipses Are Slowly Disappearing, And There's Nothing We Can Do To Stop It 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z For example, the differences during a leap year are taken into account and managed by the specific programming of one of the coded elements. SIHH 2015 Roundup Part 2: Greubel Forsey, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Montblanc Go Exploring 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The leap second is a more subtle correction than a leap year. Adding a ‘leap second’ to the clock this year may cause computer problems 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The current Gregorian calendar system makes the fractional days of the solar year and leap year calendar nearly equal by occasionally skipping a leap day. The Surprising History Behind Leap Year 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Life in the top five is tough, though, and Stanford may need a dip year before it takes another leap year. As Stanford retools, don't expect Cardinal to rule 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z It’s not a leap year for everyone, but perhaps it is for Latinos. A Silicon Valley Latino Group Leaps Onto The National Stage 2014-02-05T18:33:00Z A leap year seems achievable, if ever the program will muster one. DePaul exits season with optimism 2012-03-07T01:18:00Z Gary Herbert declared Feb. 29, leap day in a leap year, as Jeremy Evans Day. Miles scores 27 to lift Jazz over Rockets 104-83 2012-03-01T04:29:09Z This being a leap year, the extra day, 29 February, was designated Rare Disease Day. The great beyond 2012-02-29T18:20:03.553Z February 29 is the 60th day in a leap year of the Gregorian calendar, which is the most widely used calendar in the world today and the one used in the UK. Chat: What's special about 29 February? 2012-02-29T06:36:07Z While almost everyone is familiar with the idea of the leap year, far fewer are aware that the Earth’s rotation is not uniform. The End of the Time of Earth: Why Does the Leap Second Matter? 2012-01-23T19:15:00.420Z But this irregularity in the epact of leap year does not come into operation until the additional day has actually been added to the year; that is, not until after the 29th of February. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z The additional day in a leap year keeps the calendar in sync with the seasons. Leap Seconds May Disappear 2012-01-03T02:15:00.220Z The company announced the leap year schedule on New Year’s Eve, shortly before midnight. Disney plans 24-hour opening for parks in CA and FL on Feb. 29 to mark leap year 2012-01-01T04:02:24Z And others say this is only allowed on 29 February - and not on any other day of the leap year. Chat: What's special about 29 February? 2012-02-29T06:36:07Z Forget leap years, months with 28 days and your birthday falling on a different day of the week each year. Is It Time to Overhaul the Calendar? 2011-12-29T11:15:00.250Z Seth has done up more cuts and skivers in his time, than there are days in leap year. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z "Then, sure, you are reckoning by leap years, ma'am." The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Indeed, the day of the week for a given date progresses by one annually, except on leap years, where it progresses by two. What Day Is Doomsday? How to Mentally Calculate the Day of the Week for Any Date 2011-10-18T10:15:00.247Z With 366 days to go, 2012 being a leap year, until the Olympic flame is lit in east , organisers, the government and the International Olympic Committee are queuing up to hail progress to date. London 2012: Olympic flame will be lit in one year's time, but still much to do 2011-07-26T17:47:06Z To account for extra time, Hanke and Henry drop leap years and instead create a "leap week" at the end of December every five or six years. Is It Time to Overhaul the Calendar? 2011-12-29T11:15:00.250Z Now Frederic was born on the 29th of February in leap year! The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z It is easy to see that this will leave out three leap years in every 400 years. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The Julian calendar approximated the mean tropical year as 365.25 days and proposed 366-day leap years for every one divisible by four. What Day Is Doomsday? How to Mentally Calculate the Day of the Week for Any Date 2011-10-18T10:15:00.247Z In ordinary years it contains 28 days; but in bissextile or leap year, by the addition of the intercalary day, it consists of 29 days. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z And in our careers, we have those forward leap years. How to Fast Forward Your Goals 2011-06-15T15:00:00Z The second after Bissextile or leap year, and the eighteenth year of the Reign of his Majesty King George III. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z When an extra day was put in every fourth year before the 24th, this was a second 6th day, and was therefore called bissexto-kalendas, whence we get the name bissextile, applied to leap year. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The pope thereby amended the rule for determining leap years: A year divisible by 100 is only a leap year if it is also divisible by 400. What Day Is Doomsday? How to Mentally Calculate the Day of the Week for Any Date 2011-10-18T10:15:00.247Z Last year was a leap year, but counting by days, inclusive one extra, the whole journey took thirty-two days in all. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z “I’m leap years … I am definitely a different player,” Chandler told the Tribune after last Sunday’s win over the Phoenix Suns, during which he scored 16 points, pulled down 18 rebounds and blocked a shot. Ex-Bull Chandler on Rose: 'He's definitely the MVP' 2011-03-31T16:24:00Z In leap year, two letters are required, one to February 29th and the letter next proceeding for the remainder of the year. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 Footnote 1: Schalttag, lit. 'intercalary day'--used of the 29th of February in leap years--impossible to translate except by a circumbendibus. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen For example, the year 2000 was a leap year, but the year 1900 was not, because when divided by 400, it does not render a whole number. What Day Is Doomsday? How to Mentally Calculate the Day of the Week for Any Date 2011-10-18T10:15:00.247Z Clocks with complicated movements representing the positions of the heavenly bodies and the days of the week and month, allowance being made for leap year, were once the delight of the curious. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" To complete the year five complementary days are added in common years, and six in leap years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Is this year a leap year, or a common year—first, second, or third after leap year? The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 April, June, and September Thirty days have as November; Each month else doth never vary From thirty-one, save February, Which twenty-eight doth still confine, Save on leap year, then twenty-nine. Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright This is not quite correct, but, if the dates be taken for the second year after leap year, the results will be sufficiently approximate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February has twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one; Excepting leap year,—that 's the time When February's days are twenty-nine. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature In leap years one day must be subtracted if the date falls between the 1st of March and 10th of August. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Miracles are now performed but one day of the year—the twenty-ninth of February; and on leap year God is forbidden to perform them. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 "What happens in a leap year?" asked the innocent Hay. The Book of All-Power When the sea-maidens went ashore they sometimes met sailors and fishermen, and if they liked these strangers a frank avowal of love was made; for it is always leap year in the ocean. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Because I was born on the twenty-ninth of February, and I can't have a birthday except in a leap year. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life I was going to take out Mr. Falkirkit's leap year, you know; and he might be short of partners,' said Miss Fisher, prudently dropping her voice at this point. The Gold of Chickaree Grandmarina announced to the King and Queen that in future there would be eight quarter days in every year, except in leap year, when there would be ten. The Magic Fishbone A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, Aged 7 Again, if there had been no leap years, the days of the month would have returned to the same days of the week every seven years. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I It has even done more, for its authors have so arranged the years and leap years that a confusion in the time of Christmas or any other festival is not likely to occur again. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries It was Tiny who discovered that it was leap year, and invited Menlo to dance at her house one Saturday night and take all advantage of its privileges. The Californians But she learned that it would not be a leap year and went away somewhat consoled that there would be no extra day to put off her happiness. Mary's Rainbow There has been no irregularity in the recurrence of leap year every four years since 1800, except in 1900, which was a common year, although it came fourth after the preceding leap year. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference But at the end of a century the order is interrupted in the Gregorian calendar by the secular suppression of the leap year; hence the cycle can only be employed during a century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" You won't know what to say to me and you'll be dying all the time to look in your calendar and see if this is leap year. Nobody's Man It being leap year the ladies were soliciting their partners for the dance, and a very handsome young lady invited me to be her partner. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February eight-and-twenty all alone, And all the rest have thirty-one; Unless that leap year doth combine, And give to February twenty-nine. Familiar Quotations Every year that can be divided by four without a remainder is bissextile or leap year, with the exception that one leap year is cut off in the century. Amusements in Mathematics But every leap year one day must be added to the lunar month in which the 29th of February is included. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" In order to avoid error in the future it was settled that three of the leap years that occur in 400 years should be considered common years. Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced At the hotel where you are stopping, there is a leap year ball tonight and the most beautiful women for a hundred miles around are gathered there. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures Besides," she laughed tremulously, "this is leap year. Poor Man's Rock Reverse the order of things, as you are supposed to do at leap year dances—which system, however, is never properly carried out. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." But every fourth year is a leap year, and the effect of the intercalation is to throw the dominical letter one place farther back. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It was Easter eve on leap year, and the dear young thing, who had been receiving long but somewhat unsatisfactory visits from the very shy young man, decided she might take a chance. Best Short Stories But Roundings, Tom and Bob, no gate, Nor hedge, nor ditch, could stay; O'er all they went, and did the work Of leap years in a day. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone: Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations "It's leap year, and I think I can rustle a partner if you decide to sit and look through that gate all night." The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories It will be remembered that in a leap year there are always two dominical letters, one of which is employed till the 29th of February, and the other till the end of the year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" That, however," continued Wolston, "he left to Pope Gregory, who decreed that three leap years should be suppressed in four centuries. Willis the Pilot Or, did the males select for three years and then allow the females to do the selecting during leap year? In His Image Here are papers of date February 24 and 29—it was leap year—and April 1, 2, 8, and 27. Strange True Stories of Louisiana A girl looked calmly at a caller one evening and remarked: "George, as it is leap year—" The caller turned pale. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations And who tells that clock when leap year comes, and when the moon changes, and when it's going to rain, and when hoop-skirts will be worn again? Abroad with the Jimmies "There is one difficulty about this mode of stowing away extra days; these leap years may be forgotten." Willis the Pilot There are three hundred and sixty-five days in the year—three hundred and sixty-six in leap year—and he may die on any one of 'em.' Martin Chuzzlewit "Ho, Mops, leap year doesn't matter," cried King. Marjorie's New Friend Caesar adopted the more accurate Egyptian calendar of 365 days and instituted the system of leap years. Early European History Had I my way they should take twelve, and an extra day on leap years. The Path to Rome "Not if you keep in mind that leap years alone admit of being divided by four." Willis the Pilot He determined that the secular year must begin on 1st January, that three leap years should be omitted in every four centuries, e.g., The Divine Office The people vote on these electors on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each leap year. Problems in American Democracy On the odd day of leap year we might concede that he never existed, and allow him to be resolved into the pieces into which he was torn by Wolf. Without Prejudice But waiting, always waiting to be asked and it was leap year too and would soon be over. Ulysses This is leap year, and this is leap day. The Journal to Stella Every four years I would add them all together, make a day, stick it into February, and call that year leap year.' Swiss Family Robinson Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one; February twenty-eight alone,— Except in leap year, at which time February's days are twenty-nine. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 "In that case," answered Mrs. Bergmann, "we will take no notice of leap year, and we will count 365 days in every year." Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches I can throw my cap at who I like because it's leap year. Ulysses People are mistaken; and some here think it is St. David's Day; but they do not understand the virtue of leap year. The Journal to Stella "And in leap year," said Godeschal, "they must settle the count between them." Colonel Chabert "Certainly," said Mr. Satan, with an expression of somewhat ruffled dignity, "we always allow leap year, but, of course, thirteen years will count as twelve." Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches |
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