Frank Tapson wrote: > > I know WHAT the equation of time is. > What I would like to know is - WHY is it called that? > Isn't an equation supposed to contain an equals (=) sign? > Surely it is really a correction factor? > Should it not go something like: > Local Mean Time = Local Apparent Time + Correction ....
Hi Frank, In my English-Netherlands dictionary the word equation is translated with "vergelijking": that is something like A = B + C, but also with "correctie" : that is correction. If this is all right the use of the words "equation of time" is correct. Can it be a translation of "Equatio Temporis"? Fer.
