The Story of Eclipses. George F. Chambers

16. ** Aug. 23. ☾ 1897. Feb. 1. ☉ Feb. 1. * July 29. ☉ July 29. ** 1898. Jan. 7. ☾ } Jan. 14. * Jan. 22. ☉ July 3. ☾ } July 10. ** July 18. ☉ Dec. 13. ☉ } Dec. 27. * Dec. 27. ☾ 1899. Jan. 11. ☉ June 8. ☉ } June 15. ** June 23. ☾ Dec. 2. ☉ } Dec. 9. * Dec. 16. ☾ 1900. May 28. ☉ } June 5. ** June 13. ☾ Nov. 22. ☉ Nov. 22. * 1901. May 3. ☾ } May 10. ** May 18. ☉ Oct. 27. ☾ } Nov. 3. * Nov. 11. ☉ 1902. April 8. ☉ } April 22. ** April 22. ☾ May 7. ☉ Oct. 17. ☾ } Oct. 24. * Oct. 31. ☉

      The Epochs in the last column which are marked with stars (*) or (**) as the case may be, represent corresponding nodes so that from any one single-star date to the next nearest single-star date means an interval of one year less (on an average) the 19⅔ days spoken of on p. 32 (ante). A glance at each successive pair of dates will quickly disclose the periodical retrogradation of the eclipse epochs.