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The Calendar: Its History, Structure and Improvement de Alexander Philip

The Calendar: Its History, Structure and Improvement

Autor Alexander Philip
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 ian 2012
Originally published in 1921, this book provides a concise guide to the Western Calendar. Information is provided on its origin and development, the principles of its construction, the purposes for which it is employed, its deficiencies and the means by which these deficiencies can be amended. The text also contains a list of authorities on the calendar and a table of astronomical data in mean solar time. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Western Calendar and the measurement of time in general.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107640214
ISBN-10: 1107640210
Pagini: 118
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Preface; Astronomical data in mean solar time; A universal calendar for the twentieth century; List of authorities on the Gregorian calendar; Part I: 1. The measurement of time, natural units, day, year, month; 2. The three possible forms of calendar; 3. The Greek calendar. Metonic cycle; 4. The Latin calendar; 5. The Julian reform; 6. Month and day in the Roman calendar; 7. The Gregorian calendar; 8. Other calendars - Jewish, Mahometan, French republican; 9. The week; 10. The Dominical or Sunday letter; Part II: 11. Cycles. The Metonic cycle. The solar cycle. Indiction; 12. Eras. Olympiad, era of Rome, etc.; 13. The Christian era. Dates of nativity and crucifixion; 14. The Julian period; Part III: 15. The date of Easter; Part IV: 16. The uses of the calendar; 17. The defects of the calendar; 18. How its defects may be remedied; Index.

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Originally published in 1921, this book provides a concise guide to the Western Calendar.