The Romance of the CalendarW. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1937 - 351 Seiten A history of the calendar, from humankind first theories of time, to the Julian calendar, the influence of Islam, to the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese calendar and beyond and including the varying religious and cultural influences that helped shape the various calendars of today. |
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... known document to con- tain them was written in Spain and dated A. D. 976 . The division of the month according to Calends , Nones and Ides , however confusing may be that way of reckoning , had been general for half a dozen centuries ...
... known document to con- tain them was written in Spain and dated A. D. 976 . The division of the month according to Calends , Nones and Ides , however confusing may be that way of reckoning , had been general for half a dozen centuries ...
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... known when the clepsydra first came into use in Greece . In a simple form it was known to Aristophanes in the fifth century B. C. , and to Aristotle in the fourth . Plato wished to know the time at night and he devised an elaborate ...
... known when the clepsydra first came into use in Greece . In a simple form it was known to Aristophanes in the fifth century B. C. , and to Aristotle in the fourth . Plato wished to know the time at night and he devised an elaborate ...
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... known in Greece to Aristophanes , Greek dramatist , who in his comedy The Clouds , noted that the days do not conform to the phases of the moon . B. C. 463 - Eclipse mentioned by Pindar identified . B. C. 432 - Metonic cycle in Greece ...
... known in Greece to Aristophanes , Greek dramatist , who in his comedy The Clouds , noted that the days do not conform to the phases of the moon . B. C. 463 - Eclipse mentioned by Pindar identified . B. C. 432 - Metonic cycle in Greece ...
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Contents | 7 |
Fatherhood of Time | 18 |
Charter of Coincidence | 26 |
Urheberrecht | |
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30 days accepted according adjusted adopted ancient appear arrangement associated astronomer August authority began beginning called celestial century Chinese Christian Church civil clock continued cycle December described divided earth Easter Egypt Egyptian equal equinox expressed fact fall February festival five follows four Friday Greek Gregorian Calendar half hand Hebrew held Hence human idea included India indicated Italy January Jewish Jews Julian Julius Caesar July kind King known leap length less light lived lunar lunar month March means measurement merely mind minutes Monday month moon moves names never night November observed origin period quarter question reason reckoning reform regarded rest Roman Rome Sabbath seasons September seven simple solar stars stone suggested Sunday tells thousands Thursday tion true Tuesday twelve unit Wednesday week whole World Calendar