The calendar
Subtitle: its history, structure and improvement
Publisher: University Press
Published: 1921
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: PREFACE v; title: ASTRONOMICAL DATA IN MEAN SOLAR TIME ix; title: A UNIVERSAL CALENDAR FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY x; title: LIST OF AUTHORITIES ON THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR xi; title: PART I; title: I. THE MEASUREMENT OF TIME. NATURAL UNITS, DAY, YEAR, MONTH 1; title: II. THE THREE POSSIBLE FORMS OF CALENDAR 6; title: III. THE GREEK CALENDAR. METONIC CYCLE 7; title: IV. THE LATIN CALENDAR 9; title: V. THE JULIAN REFORM 11; title: VI. MONTH AND DAY IN THE ROMAN CALENDAR 16; title: VII. THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR 20; title: VIII. OTHER CALENDARS — JEWISH, MAHOMETAN, FRENCH REPUBLICAN 24; title: IX. THE WEEK 28; title: X. THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTER 33; title: PART II; title: XI. CYCLES. THE METONIC CYCLE. CYCLE. INDICTION THE SOLAR 41; title: XII. ERAS. OLYMPIAD, ERA OF ROME, ETC. 47; title: XIII. THE CHRISTIAN ERA. DATES OF NATIVITY AND CRUCIFIXION 50; title: XIV. THE JULIAN PERIOD 59; title: PART III; title: XV. THE DATE OF EASTER 61; title: PART IV; title: XVI. THE USES OF THE CALENDAR 83; title: XVII. THE DEFECTS OF THE CALENDAR 85; title: XVIII. HOW ITS DEFECTS MAY BE REMEDIED 93; title: INDEX 103