The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-01-27

Tho InGt Now Npnr of thn MOhu m nn6-
ans occurred ON the 3d of April. the
next will be on March o3d
To show that very erroneous opin-
Ions are entertained by persons LAYING
claims to some intelligence, we quote
the following paragraph from com.
munication that appeared in a recent
number of the E1terDyise. over the sip-
nature of "Iddo.n
"Since Winter and Spring seems to
come later than formerly, we think it
eau ps acCoun.eu lor III 'iiis WISE. Ihe
on,,, ron,,o Az davs in one ne vear U.vh whiIa
il reouires 36j days, 8 hours. is minutes
and 49.7 seconds for the earth to COM
plete lts entire reVolution. ~ Is opVi-
e,1h, ioat A., he I,j,',aaaae n,,,,ost ~.
hogrs, which in the course of a century
would amount to upwards of month, |
and the conclusion Which draw from
yi9 t,i ~ ~ 'l'"' U. i''';','," 20
logic, / onlv asl, ,rbnt 5ecomes of The |
fractional part Of euery gear ,chich is |
not reckOned.O
When persons writing for the press
tO1lI OuCii lJttS, anu
editors are ignorant enough to publish
them, it is q sure indication, that more
light is needed on the subject Cores
pondents of newspapers and editors
should be careful not to promulrate
false ideas upon any subject. We would
advise " Iddo," and all other newspa-
per correspondents, for their own repu-
tation if for nothing else. TO keen ouiet
unon subiects of which thev know less
than moi Iino.
uTddou has. of course. rever hoard of
lean. wears. or if he has did not know
tbot tbe,, contain aee davs but nroha.
ah,,, sunnoees tnat tbev vora inetitutod
10 oivo tho oontIor GOV on onnortrn,tv
to woo and win IF bo had known
what Iean.-,oor is he worId mot have
o,,do,,,orod 70 +ooo,, s,,oh obs,,rd doo
triro os +bo above Uo ,yorId lilo +o
9oo 'no ,''''i''"v upol sno 80
, noln'oa' o,,'ou'.''on' y, ."i' ''''i0 VI o'i
niT1oa Tho ann;onts ", A wnro nabio ,m to find oo.
orrotoI,, th q rrnohor of dovs in a roor
pon,,,I,,s d;,,;doJ tho ,,oor into IN ooI-
o,dar n,o,ths oorrosrordinr, 70 tho
royoI,tions of tho moon oround tbo
oorth Ionrorv ord Fobrrary n,ore
q oftoruords oddod to tbo Pon,or oo,o,-
dar hv NINA This calendar was ra.
forp,ed hv IuIins Caesar about I or Az
y n wbo reckopad the wear IN CONSIST
ot ,3si avs Az If wos ipco,venient
each wear. the common or civil wear
was recl,oned 365 days. and every fourth
wear q dav was inserted. tcalled the in.
ferca1nrv day. making the year consist
of 366 days. The extra day was intro
duced by repeating the 2lth of Febru.
, ary, which with the Romans was called
, the sirth dan before the calentls ofJLarch
, The wears containing this day twice,
, were on this account called JiSsertiIe,
which means havi,lq t,co-si.chs.
, But the exact time in which the earth
performs its revolution around the sun,
which constitutes the solar or true year,
is 365 days, 8 hours, IS minutes and 49.7
seconds. Hence it will be perceived
that the Jultdn Calendar, which reck-
fl, oned 365 days and hours year, was
/, imperfect, as it reckoned II minutes,
1913 seconds more than true year
3 Mi, o.,o, t.o,,o.t, sr,ou ,ro1,,ooJ =,
y long course of years. noticeable error
which was corrected by Pope Gregory
NH, who in 1852 decreed that the 5tl
> of October should be the 18th. thus sup
pressing the 10 days that had beer
!, gained since the adoption of the Juliar
- Calendar about 1926 or 1928 years before
This, called the Gregorian Calendar
was adOpted in ENGLAND in 1852. TIL,
% error then being II days. Parliamen
= declared the Sd of September to be tn
" 14th, and at the same time made tn
v wear begin January lst instead of Marcl
D 25th. The Gregorian Calendar wa
" adopted in Germany in l777, and il
~ France in 1905, while Russia and othe
= countries of the Greek Church still ad
- here to the Julian Calendar, or did
= few years ago, consequently their dates
= generally called Old .SiyIe) are now /
days later than ours { (Ne,U Style). Som
of our almanacs still carry along tn
old style or Julian Calendar, on tn
y right hand margin of the page.
u According to the Gregoran calendar
Oh every fourth year is leap year eXcep
~ ing the centennial or hundredth year
Il but the fourth centennial year is also
p leap year, that is 100, $500, 1900, DC
ie are common years, but 1000, 2Ooo, 24O
,u &C., are leap years. Let us try to prov
l. the correctness Of this calendar. a
g before stated, the true year consists
nc 3G5 days, hours, As minutes and 4o
nc seconds. If we reckon 800 days as
he year, the time lost in the calendar
~ one year Is . H., 4S min, 49'7 sec, an
y in four years Is - h., 10 min. 1873 sec
e, that Is one Gag lacking only Al minute
iio A. seconds; hence we ddd one di
10 every fourth year, making the year co