 | Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1778 - 202 pages
...Year, 29 Days, which at other Times is but 28. To find the Leap- Year. Divide the Year of our Lord by 4, and if there be no Remainder, it is Leap- Year; but if there remains i, 2, or 3, then one of thofe are the firlt, fecond, or third after Leap- Year.... | |
 | James Ferguson (schoolmaster.) - 1840 - 48 pages
...and that afterwards every 400th year also shall be reckoned a common year. V. — To know when it is leap year . — divide the year by 4, and if there be no remainder, it is then leap year; if there be a remainder, it denotes the number of years since leap year. VI. — The... | |
 | John William Norie - 1840 - 184 pages
...any place is contained in the following particulars. To find the Leap Year. RULE. Divide the given year by 4, and if there be no remainder it is leap year ; but if 1, 2, or 3 remain, they shew that it is so many years after leap year. EXAMPLE. The year 1842,... | |
 | John William Norie - Nautical astronomy - 1852 - 844 pages
...called bissextile, or leap year, and is found as follows : To find the Leap Year. BULK. Divide the given year by 4, and if there be no remainder, it is leap year ; but if 1 , 2, or 3 remain, they shew that it is so many years after leap year. EXAMPLE. The year... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1871 - 302 pages
...Leap Year, February has 29 days. To determine whether a year be Leap Year or not, divide its numbers by 4, and if there be no remainder it is Leap year. lf there be any remainder, 1, 2, or 3, it denotes the number of years after the last Leap Year. The... | |
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Divide the given year by 4, and if there be no remainder, it is leap year ; but if 1 , 2, or 3 remain, they shew that it is so many years after leap year. 