The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-03-24
Divisions Of Times

! The first division of the day was into
| morning, noon, and night; and these are
| the only parts OF n day mentioned in the
| Old Testament But it IS probable that
men OF science had other more accurate
| divisions, because we find they had sun
| dials. Afterwards they divided their days
| into twelve hours and 10 this division our
Saviour refers when he says. "-Are there
not twelve hours in day But their
hours must have been OF different lengths.
ut different seasons Of the year; FOR their
hour was twelfth part of the time the
sun continued above the horizon. And as
this time is longer in summer than in win
Ter, tneir summer hours must, Therefore.
nave been longer than their winter hours.
ms dlference, however, would not be So
very sensible IN that country as here. as
j udea is much nearer the equator than we
! are, and the days there, in consequence,
nearer equal. Their hours were computed
| from sunrise; their third hour divided the
, space between sun-rising and noon; the
ninth hour divided the space between
noon and sunset But in the New Testa-
.ment we find that they sometimes made
use OF the Roman node OF reckoning i
The Roman reckoning was the same as
ours, beginning at midnight. and reckon
ing to noon. twelve hours and again from
noon till midnight
The Hebrews divided their night into
four watches of three hours each The
first from six to nine in the evening; the
second from nine TO twelve: the third from
midnight to three in the morning; and
the last to six or sunrising
The Jews began their year in March
and the months were Nissan, Iii, Swan.
Tamuz ib, Elul, Tisri, Bul, Cisiieu, Te-
beetn, Shebat, Adar. Their civil year
commenced with the now moon near the
autumnal enuinox. in the month called
Iisri, corresponding with our September
and October
The Jewish months we're alternately %
and 30 DAYS. and their year of twelve lu-
nations--354 days. To recover the lost
days, they added a whole month after eve
r. two or three years following their
twelfth month Of Adar, and they called
this extra month Neadar
The MOhammedans reckon their DAYS
from sunset till sun rise. The Chinese De
gin theirs an hour before midnight, aud
divide the rotation into 2 parts OF of
our hours, and give name to each d!vi-
sion. The Hindoos divide their days into
four watches. and each watch into guhrees
OF twenty four minutes each.
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