This cycle was known to the ancients under the name of saros.
This eclipse is a return, after one saros, of the eclipse of August 9, 1896.
Komenský's activity as a teacher while at saros Patak was indefatigable.
Two ridges, like sprawling arms, ran down to the sea—one towards the Narrows, the other to the Gulf of saros.
He is against its being so far north as the Gulf of saros and the narrow neck of land there.
One further matter connected with the saros deserves attention.
Eclipses occur in cycles, the best known of which is the saros, although there are also smaller cycles which are not so accurate.
A rapid cruiser of the fleet carried the Egyptian standard along the coast as far as the regions of the Orontes and saros.
This recurrence of eclipses after intervals of 18·03 years is called the saros, and was known to the Chaldeans.
The discovery of the saros was such as was within their power, and was certainly no small achievement.
