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Re:The First Eclipse Prediction: Act of Genius, Brilliant Mi... by my_first_acct on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @01:02PM (#14971236)
A timely eclipse prediction also figures in Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_A...

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Re:The First Eclipse Prediction: Act of Genius, Brilliant Mi... by triangleman on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @01:10PM (#14971325)
And of course, Columbus really did use it in 1504 in Jamaica to convince the natives to feed him.
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