The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
THE new
CENTURY
Facts About the Next Cycle Of
One Hundred Years.
Seven EcIipses In one Year
Twenty-fOur Leap Years in the
century-Russia VIII Adopt the
Gregorian Calendar One Thou
sand Comets to be Seen.

Greeorian CaIendar-One Thou
sand Comets to be Seen.
The twentieth century will COM
mence on Tuesday, January /, 1901,
and will close on Sunday. 1T will
have the greatest number of leap years
possible-twenty-four The year 1904
will be the first one, then every fourth
year after that, to and including the
year 2000
In 1901, Memorial Day, Fourth of
July and Thanksgiving Day will.occur
the same day in the. week. Then,
after that, the same thing will happen
at the following intervals 6, IL, II,
II, II years, and SO on, or in 1907,
1918, 1929, 1885, and so on.
In the year 1912, 1914, 1869 and 1896
there are four holidays that will fall
on the same day in the week-the
three already mentioned and Wash
ington's Birthday anniversary, as also
the goth Of February.
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
will occur the same day in the week
in. 1906, and then at successive intervals
of IL, 6, II, II, 6,11'ryears, and so on !;
also in 1925 1856 and 1884. March 4th
will fail on Sunday in the inaugural
years 1917, 1916 and 1878. The same
yearly calendar that was used in 1895
can be used again in 1901.
Dates of Easter.
The following are, in order begin
ming with 1901, the dates of Easter
for the first twenty five years of the
century April 7th. March Both, April
18th, Sd, 29d, 10Th, March 31st, April
9th, 18th, March 27th, April 10th, 9TH,
March 2Sd, April 18th, 4th, 2Sd. 9Th,
March 31st, April Goth, 4th, March
27th, April 10Th, 1st, goth, 18th.
The earliest possible date on which
Easter can occur is March 23d. The
last time it occurred on this date was
in 1918, but it will not occur again
until after the twentieth century
The latest Easter can occur is April
Goth, and it Will thus occur but once
in the coming century-in 194S.
The last it occurred was April Goth,
1886. Whenever Easter occurs on
March 27th, or April Sd, 10th, 18th
or gath, Christmas also occurs on
Sunday.
Though one Of the objects aimed al
by the church authorities who fixed
upon the method of determining the
date of Easter was to prevent it's oc-
curence on the same day as the Jewish
Passover, nevertheless the two events
will occur together four times in the
twentieth century-April 18th, 1908;
April 1st, 1923; April 18th, 1929, and
April 10th, 1881.
The twentieth century will contain
S6, 525 days, which lacks one day of
being exactly 5,218 weeks. The day of
the week that will not occur as often
as each of the others is Monday. Fif-
teen out of the hundred years will
begin on Wednesday and the same
number on Friday. Fourteen will
begin on each of the other days of the
week.
Changes to be fnaugufated.
Several announcements are made of
changes to be inaugurated with the
opening of the new century. The
first of Importance is that Russia will
adopt the Gregorian calendar. This
will be done by emitting thirteen days,
the.amount of the error that will have
accumulated after the close of Febru-
ary, 1900. The Russian will then
write January 1st. 1901, instead OF
December 10Th, 1900.
AS to eclipses in the coming century,
there will be about $50 of them, the
number of solar being at the number
of lunar in about the ratio of four to
three.
EcIipses to be Plentiful.
What is the very rare occurrence in
calendar year will happen in 1886,
the first time since 1928, viz: Seven
eclipses, the largest possible number
that can happen in year.
There are eight total solar eclipses
predicted to occur, visible in the
United States. There will also occur
twelve transits of Mercury. A transit
Of Venus. however, which is of much
more Importance, will occur within
the next century. The earliest date
predicted is June Sth, 20O4.
While it is claimed that at least
1000 comets come within visible range
of the earth within century. there is
a reasonable certainty of the recur-
renee of but one extraordinary comet
in the next century. That one is
known as Halley's It was last seen
in 1885. 1t will be due again in 1910
or i941. The exact time is not known,
owing to slight modification in its
orbit, due to planetary influence. Of
course, it is not impossible for some
hitherto unobserved comet to appear
in all its blazing glory at any time.
No astronomer knows.
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