A Month -without a Ftjlii Moon. — A carious circumstance occurred this year, which has only now led to Borne discussion. Last February was a month in which no • full moon occurred. A few journalists in Italy got hold of the fact, and at onee pronounced it to be an exceedingly rare occurrence. Some said it could only happen about once in- 455,000 centuries; others, more moderate, simply adverted to the fact that there was no mention of. such a thing in Genesis. After much dispute in the columns of the daily papers, the question at length caught the eye of the well-known-, astronmer of Milan, M. Schiaparelli, who has now disposed of it summarily, showing' that in 1847 the very same thing took place, there being full muons on the 81st January, at six minutes past 9 a.m., and on the 2nd of March following,, at forty-dive minutes past 8 a.m. In 1828 there w»s a similar occurrence at Washington.—Gtalighahi.'
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 39, 30 September 1867, Page 239
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