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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc ChangeLog calc.texi
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Chong Yidong |
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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc ChangeLog calc.texi |
Date: |
Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:40:00 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Chong Yidong <cyd> 09/08/09 23:40:00
Modified files:
doc/misc : ChangeLog calc.texi
Log message:
* calc.texi (Date Forms): Fix typos.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/ChangeLog?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.302&r2=1.303
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/calc.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.39&r2=1.40
Patches:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.302
retrieving revision 1.303
diff -u -b -r1.302 -r1.303
--- ChangeLog 8 Aug 2009 02:39:45 -0000 1.302
+++ ChangeLog 9 Aug 2009 23:39:59 -0000 1.303
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-08-09 Colin Williams <address@hidden> (tiny change)
+
+ * calc.texi (Date Forms): Fix typos.
+
2009-08-08 Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
* org.texi (Agenda commands): Restore clobbered change.
Index: calc.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/calc.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.39
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -b -r1.39 -r1.40
--- calc.texi 7 Aug 2009 15:22:00 -0000 1.39
+++ calc.texi 9 Aug 2009 23:39:59 -0000 1.40
@@ -11103,19 +11103,19 @@
The Julian day number is based on the Julian cycle, which was invented
in 1583 by Joseph Justus Scaliger. Scaliger named it the Julian cycle
-since it is involves the Julian calendar, but some have suggested that
+since it involves the Julian calendar, but some have suggested that
Scaliger named it in honor of his father, Julius Caesar Scaliger. The
-Julian cycle is based it on three other cycles: the indiction cycle,
-the Metonic cycle, and the solar cycle. The indiction cycle is a 15
-year cycle originally used by the Romans for tax purposes but later
-used to date medieval documents. The Metonic cycle is a 19 year
-cycle; 19 years is close to being a common multiple of a solar year
-and a lunar month, and so every 19 years the phases of the moon will
-occur on the same days of the year. The solar cycle is a 28 year
-cycle; the Julian calendar repeats itself every 28 years. The
-smallest time period which contains multiples of all three cycles is
-the least common multiple of 15 years, 19 years and 28 years, which
-(since they're pairwise relatively prime) is
+Julian cycle is based on three other cycles: the indiction cycle, the
+Metonic cycle, and the solar cycle. The indiction cycle is a 15 year
+cycle originally used by the Romans for tax purposes but later used to
+date medieval documents. The Metonic cycle is a 19 year cycle; 19
+years is close to being a common multiple of a solar year and a lunar
+month, and so every 19 years the phases of the moon will occur on the
+same days of the year. The solar cycle is a 28 year cycle; the Julian
+calendar repeats itself every 28 years. The smallest time period
+which contains multiples of all three cycles is the least common
+multiple of 15 years, 19 years and 28 years, which (since they're
+pairwise relatively prime) is
@texline @math{15\times 19\times 28 = 7980} years.
@infoline 15*19*28 = 7980 years.
This is the length of a Julian cycle. Working backwards, the previous
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