...Britiih " dominions, hath been difcovcred to be erroneous, by means whereof, the vernal equinox, " which at the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325, happened on or about the twcn" ty-firft of March, now happens on the ninth or tenth of the fame month...

...of the seasons, by a quantity which however was so small, that it was long before it was observed. At the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325 of the Christian zra, the Julian calendar was introduced into the church ; and at tint time the vernal equinox fell...

...would have made the seasons change their places altogether in the course of twenty-four thousand years. At the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325 of the Christian era, the Julian calendar was introduced into the church ; and at that time the vernal equinox fell on the...

...added in leap year ? Why was it called bissextile ? On what day of March did the vernal equinox happen at the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325 ? In 1582, what did Pope Gregory XIII. observe ? To correct the style, what did he do ? When was the...

...more than the true solar year, amounting in 130 years to one entire day, and a small fraction over. At the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325, it was found that the vernal equinox had changed from the 25tli to the 21st of March, and there it...

...more than the true solar year, amounting in 130 years to one entire day, and a small fraction over. At the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325, it was found that the vernal equinox had changed from the 25th to the 21st of March, and there it was...

...more than the true solar year, amounting in 130 years to one entire day, and a small fraction over. At the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325, it was found that the vernal equinox had changed from the 25th to the 21st of March, and there it was...

...vernal equinox falling on the llth instead of the 21st of March, at which period it fell correctly at the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325. To obviate this inconvenience, Gregory ordained, in 1582, that the 15th of October should be counted...

...difference amounts to a little more than 3 days in the course of 400 years. 125. The Gregorian Calendar. — At the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325, the Julian calendar was introduced into the Church, and at that time the vernal equinox fell on the...

...when the sun crossed the equinoctial line at the vernal equinox, had fallen back, so to speak, from the time of the Council of Nice, in the year 325 of the Christian Era, to the time of Pope Gregory XIII., ten days. He therefore ordered that ten days should be left out...