| The saros period is therefore extremely useful for the prediction of both solar and lunar eclipses. |
| The saros period also comprises 238.992 anomalistic months, again nearly a whole number. |
| A rapid cruiser of the fleet carried the Egyptian standard along the coast as far as the regions of the Orontes and saros. |
| Eclipses occur in cycles, the best known of which is the saros, although there are also smaller cycles which are not so accurate. |
| The discovery of the saros was such as was within their power, and was certainly no small achievement. |
| This cycle was known to the ancients under the name of saros. |
