1. Summer hours were long, winter ones short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the hours of daylight and darkness equal. 夏天的时间长，冬天的时间短；只有在春秋分点，白天和黑夜的时间才相等。
2. Day and night were divided into the same number of parts, so that except at the equinoxes, days and night hours were unequal; and then of course the length of these hours varied with the seasons. 白天和黑夜被分为均等数量的部分，所以除去昼夜平分点，白天和黑夜时间是不等的；当然，这些时长也因季节变化而变化。
3. Equinoxes and Solstices of 2011. 2011年的春秋分和冬夏至。
4. We call the equinoxes spring and fall. 这两个分点，人们分别称之为春分和秋分。
5. He then accounts for the precession of the equinoxes. 然后他解释分点岁差。
