The Calendar: Its History, Structure and

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.

Preface
Astronomical data in mean solar time
A universal calendar for the twentieth century
List of authorities on the Gregorian calendar

The measurement of time, natural units, day, year, month
The three possible forms of calendar
The Greek calendar. Metonic cycle
The Latin calendar
The Julian reform
Month and day in the Roman calendar
The Gregorian calendar
Other calendars - Jewish, Mahometan, French republican
The week
The Dominical or Sunday letter

Cycles. The Metonic cycle. The solar cycle. Indiction
Eras. Olympiad, era of Rome, etc.
The Christian era. Dates of nativity and crucifixion
The Julian period

The date of Easter

The uses of the calendar
The defects of the calendar
How its defects may be remedied
Index
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The Calendar: Its History, Structure and Improvement

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