Year: 1898

page_text: I, GEORGE MILNE, of Pudry Cottage, Abbey Street, Elgin, North Britain,
County Sanitary Inspector of the County of Elgin, NB, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows
The invention consists of an arrangement of the years, months, and dates, in
seven columns, and an arrangement of the days of the week and seven letters of
the alphabet on a revolving disc, the corresponding letters being arranged at
the top of the columns of years, so that the dates and days of the weeks of all
the months in any year from 1800 to 1999 can be readily and correctly ascer-
tained by turning the disc
In order that my invention may be fully understood I herewith annex diawings
of the said invention. The de F will be made to revolve
The improvement lies in the arrangement of the years, months, and days of
the week, and the readiness and correctness with which the day of the week-of
any date in all the years, given, can be ascertained by turning the disc
For example take the present year, 1898, which will be found in the sixth
column of the table of years & under letter B, tun the disc so that the letter B,
on the disc, is in line with the month of which information is required-say the
month of August On looking to the table of dates on lower side of the disc,
it will be found that Monday was the 1st of August.
To find the day of the week of June 22nd 1897, (the Queen's Diamond Jubilee)
1897 will be found in the fifth column of years under letter C, turn letter C,-on
the disc on to the month of June, and it will be found that the 22nd of that month
was Tuesday
Leap yeais are marked by an asterisk and the months of January & Feburary
where marked by an asterisk, are for use in leap years only
The calendar could be made of cardboard, wood, ivory, brass or the like
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page_text: of this invention 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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The invention consists of an arrangement of the yeais, months, and dates in
seven columns, and an aliangement of the days of the week and seven letters of
the alphabet on a revolving disc, the corresponding letters being arranged at
the top of the columns of years, so that the dates and days of the weeks of all
the months of any year from 1800 to 1999 can be readily and correctly ascer-
tained by tuining the dise
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I would refer to the draw-
ings left with the Provisional Specification The disc F will be made to revolve
The improvement lies in the arrangement of the years, months and days of
the week and the readiness and conectness with which the day of the week, of
any date in all the years given on table of diawings, can be ascertained by
tuining the disc-eg-take the present year 1898 which will be found in the
sixth column of the table of years under letter B, then turn the disc, so that the
letter B on the disc is in line with the month of which information is required-
say the month of August-on looking to the table of dates on lower side of diso
it will be found that Monday was the first day of August
To find the day of the week of June 22nd, 1897 (the Queen's Diamond Jubilee),
1897 will be found in the fifth column of years under letter C, turn the letter C
on the disc, on to the mouth of June and it will be found that the 22nd of that
month was Tuesday.
Leap years are marked by an asterisk, and the months of January and
February where marked by an asterisk are for use in leap years only.
The calendar could be made of card-board, wood, ivory, brass, or the like
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
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(1) The arrangement of the years and months as shown on the drawings
(2) The arrangement of days of the week, and the seven letters of the
alphabet on the revolving disc.
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