Improvements in Calendars.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th June, 1892-Accepted, 16th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Calendars.
I, ARTHUR THOMAS BULLOCK, of Abney Works, Stoke Newington, in the
County of Middlesex, Lace Paper Manufacturer and Wholesale Fancy Stationer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention as communicated to me from abroad
by Charles N. Hoyt, of Brooklyn, King's County, New York, United States of
America, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of calendars, each of which consists of a set
of leaves, usually twelve, secured together in the form of a pad, each leaf having
printed or marked on it the calendar for a single month, and the whole forming a
calendar for the entire year, the uppermost or exposed leaf being torn off at the
expiration of the current month to which it appertains. The invention may how-
ever be adapted to calendars wherein all the particulars are printed or marked on
one sheet, leaf or card.
The object of this invention is to render it possible to ascertain or determine, with
the same ease that the day of the current month may be determined, on what day
of the week any date during the current year will fall by a mere inspection of the
exposed leaf or card, and without in any way altering the form of the monthly
calendar, which may be of the usual kind.
In order that this invention may be the more readily understood, I will state that
within a circumscribed space printed or otherwise marked a monthly calendar,
which ordinarily consists of seven vertical columns, over the tops of which are the
name of the month, as "January," and of the year, as "1892." In the first column
at the left are the names of the days of the week, or the initials or abbreviations
thereof, as 66
Sun," "Mon," "Tucs," &c., and in the other columns are the numbers
of the days of the month in such order that opposite the name of each day will be
found, in the several columns, the numbers of the days of the month on which that
day falls, as Fri. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29."
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Broadly speaking the improvement consists in arranging columns parallel with
those of the monthly calendar, and containing each the names of the seven days of
the week arranged in series similar to the left hand column, or day column, in the
monthly calendar. Each of these auxiliary day columns will have the name of a
month or months at one end of it.
The names of the days in these auxiliary columns will be arranged in their proper
sequence and order so that it may readily be ascertained at a glance on what day of
the week any day of any month during the year will fall.
Dated this 16th day of September 1891.
F. W. GULBI,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Calendars.
ARTHUR THOMAS BULLOCK of Abney Works, Stoke Newington, in the
County of Middlesex, Lace Paper Manufacturer and Wholesale Fancy Stationer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention as communicated to me from
abroad by Charles N. Hoyt of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
of America and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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This invention relates to that class of calendars, each of which consists of a set
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of leaves, usually twelve, secured together in the form of a pad, each leaf having
printed or marked on it the calendar for a single month, and the whole forming a
calendar for the entire year, the uppermost or exposed leaf being torn off at the
expiration of the current month to which it appertains. The invention may how-
ever be adapted to calendars wherein all the particulars are printed or marked on
one sheet, leaf, or card.
The object of the invention is to render it possible to ascertain or determine,
with the same ease that the day of the current month may be determined, on what
day of the week any date during the current year will fall, by a mere inspection
of the exposed leaf or card, and without in any way altering the form of the monthly
calendar, which may be of the usual kind.
In order that this invention may be the more readily understood, I will state
that within a circumscribed space is printed or otherwise marked a monthly
calendar, which ordinarily consists of seven vertical columns, over the tops of
which, are the name of the month, as "January," and of the year, as
"1892."
In the first column at the left are the names of the days of the week, or the initials
or abbreviations thereof, as "Sun," " Mon," "Tues," &c., and in the other column
are the numbers of the days of the month in such order that opposite the name of
each day will be found, in the several columns, the numbers of the days of the month
on which the day falls, as "Fri. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29."
Broadly speaking, the improvement consists in arranging columns parallel with
those of the monthly calendar, and containing each the names of the seven days of
the week arranged in series similar to the left hand column, or day column, in the
monthly calendar. Each of these auxiliary day columns will have the name of a
month or months at one or both ends of it. The names of the days in these
auxiliary colums will be arranged in their proper sequence and order as will be
more particularly explained hereinafter, so that one may readily ascertain at a
glance on what day of the week any day of the month during the year will fall.
The accompanying drawings illustrate calendars embodying my improvement.
Figure is a face view of the calendar with the leaf bearing a monthly calendar
for January 1892 exposed; and
Figure 2 shews the leaf bearing a similar calendar for June. 1892 exposed.
These two leaves will suffice to illustrate the arrangement of the matter on all of
the leaves of the calendar.
Figure 3 illustrates a slightly different arrangement of the matter, as will be
hereinafter described.
Referring to Figure 1, in the middle portion of the leaf is situated the monthly
calendar, arranged in the form of a rectangle. This calendar may be of the usual
form, comprising a vertical column a at the left containing the names of the days o
the week abbreviated, and six vertical columns b, containing the numbers of the
days of the month from "1" to "31." These numbers are so arranged in the
columns that by reading across the columns from left to right one may see at a
glance on what day of the week certain days of the month will fall. For example,
in January 1892, the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th will fall on Friday. Above the
vertical columns is printed the name of the month, as "January," and the year,
as ❝ 1892."
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The auxiliary day columns care preferably arranged parallel with the columns
in the monthly calendar, and they are also, by preference, arranged in two groups,
one group at the right and the other at the left of the monthly calendar. Each of
these columns c serves for one or more months of the year and the name of the
month is printed at one or both ends of the column. For example, the arrangement
of the days in the first column # Figure 1 at the left serves for the two months
.. March and November of the year 1892, and as the first day of each of these months
will be Tuesday this day is placed in the same horizontal line as the number "1"
in the column of the monthly calendar. So also, in the second column c (marked
"June"). As the 1st of June will be "Wednesday" this day is placed in the same

page_text: horizontal line as the number "1" in the calendar for January, and this arrange-
ment is followed for all columus. However, the names of the days in these auxiliary
columns c will always be arranged in their proper order or sequence, and this
arrangement will differ from that of the names in the day column a of the monthly
calendar only in this :-that in the column a the first name at the top will ordinarily
be "Sunday" or "Sun," that being the first day of the week, while in the auxiliary
columns they may begin with any day of the week. For example, in the first
column c for the months of March and November, they will be arranged thus ;
"Thu," "Fri," "Sat," "Sun," Mon," "Tue," "Wed."
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It happens that in the year 1892 the first day of the month in both January and
April falls on Friday, and hence, as will be seen in Figure 1, I may and do utilize
the column a for the month of April, as well as the current month.
Now suppose
that during the month of January 1892 we wish to ascertain on what day of the
week the 4th day of July will fall. To ascertain this it is only necessary to find
the number "4" in its column in the monthly calendar, and then note where the
horizontal row in which this number is situated intersects the column for "6 July'
which happens to be the columu at the extreme right, when it is found to be
Monday." Any other day in the year may be found in the same way by simple
inspection.
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The leaf bearing the monthly calendar for April 1892 will be precisely like that
for January except that the names of the two months will be transposed.
I have selected the leaf bearing the calendar for June 1892 for illustration in
Figure 2 for the reason that it is the only month in the year in which the first day
falls on Wednesday, and the column a in this calendar cannot be utilized for any
other month. Where the month has less than thirty one days, the number in excess
of the days in the month may be printed in the column 6 in a different form or
style of type. Thus in Figure 2 the numeral "31" is printed in a lighter faced
type than that with which the other numerals are printed. I prefer to arrange the
several columns a, b, and c vertically on the sheet or leaf so as to be able to read
the calendar across from right to left, and this arrangement has the further advan-
tage that it enables me to place the columns c partly on one side of the monthly
calendar and partly on the other side very conveniently. However, it is possible to
carry out this invention with other arrangements, one of which is illustrated in
Figure 3, wherein the monthly calendar is placed above the auxiliary day columns
and the several columns a, b, and extend horizontally across the leaf or sheet.
This figure shews the leaf bearing the monthly calendar for January 1892. For
convenience I have printed the names of the months at the respective ends of the
columns or rows c. Thus where the day column c serves for two different months-
as March and "November" for example-I have printed the name of one of
these months at the left hand end of the row and the name of the other month at
the right hand end thereof. Where the row serves but for one month-as "June,"
for example, the name of this month may be printed at both ends of the row. This
is merely for convenience of reference.
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Figure 4 illustrates a calendar wherein all the particulars relating to the year
appear on one sheet, leaf, or card.
It will be seen that the matter in the calendar shewn in Figure 4 is arranged in
the same manner as in the leaf calendar except that the central rectangle is not
headed with the name of any month, the day column is placed outside the central
rectangle, the first numeral "1" is placed in the top line, and the months in the
auxiliary columns c are arranged accordingly. It will also be seen that the auxiliary
column c which commences with " Thursday" is duplicated in this illustration
instead of duplicating the column commencing with "Sunday as is shewn in
Figure 1. This duplication however, is not necessary, but four auxiliary columns c
are placed on each side of the central rectangle for the sake of uniformity in the
appearance of the calendar.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
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1. A calendar comprising a monthly calendar having a row or column of names
representing the days of the week and parallel with this row several rows or columns
of numerals representing the days of the month, whereby each name of a day of a
week is in the same line with the numbers of the days of the month it falls on, and
auxiliary rows or columns of names representing the days of the week for the several
months of the year, parallel with that of the monthly calendar the names of days
being arranged, respectively in said rows or columns in such manner that the name
of the day on which the month begins shall be in the same line with the numeral "1"
in the rows of numerals in the monthly calendar, each of said auxiliary rows or
columns having, also, the name of the month to which it appertains marked at the
end or ends thereof, as set forth.
2. A calendar comprising a yearly calendar in which all the information appears
on one leaf, sheet, or card having the numerals 1 to 31 arranged in proper sequence
in seven parallel columns, seven or more rows of names representing the days of the
week in proper sequence and order, reading from left to right and from top to
bottom, the names of days being arranged respectively in said rows in such manner
that the name of the day on which the month begins shall be in the same line with
the numeral "1" in the rows of numerals cach of said rows of day names having
also the name of the month or months to which it appertains marked at the end or
ends thereof substantially as described with reference to Figure 4 of the accom-
panying drawings.
Deted this 15th da
10000
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.