Project Gutenberg 2011-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 119 Packer, George Nichols 07006054 Our Calendar The Julian calendar and its errors. How corrected by the Gregorian. Rules for finding the dominical letter, and the day of the week of any event from the days of Julius Caesar 46 B.C. to the year of our Lord four thousand; a new and easy method of fixing the date of Easter. Hebrew calendar; showing the correspondence in the date of events recorded in the Bible with our present Gregorian calendar. Illustrated by valuable tables and charts. Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Our Calendar" by George Nichols Packer is a scholarly treatise on the history and mathematical principles of calendar systems, written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the transition from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, discussing the relevant historical reforms made by significant figures such as Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII. Through detailed calculations and rules, Packer aims to simplify the complex processes involved in determining dates and understanding the calendar's structure, targeting those who seek a practical understanding of timekeeping. At the start of the book, the author introduces the topic by detailing the origin and evolution of the calendar. He emphasizes his personal journey through the subject, which began as a teaching endeavor and later grew into an extensive exploration prompted by his own circumstances. The opening chapters lay out definitions, the historical context of the Roman calendar, and the adjustments made under Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII to correct discrepancies in timekeeping. Packer also hints at the mathematical rules that will follow, establishing a foundation for readers interested in not just the theoretical aspects but also the practical applications of calendar calculations in everyday life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36197/36197-h/images/cover.jpg en Calendar Jewish calendar CE Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: History - General 662799 662730 2024-09-15T10:25:00.570421 2023-09-16T04:18:12.676949 text/html text/html 615358 2011-05-23T12:26:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 883367 2024-09-15T10:25:14.804304 application/epub+zip 884005 2024-09-15T10:25:02.480337 application/epub+zip 135953 2024-09-15T10:25:01.393330 application/epub+zip 1027290 2024-09-15T10:25:22.412800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 978684 2024-09-15T10:25:13.554285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235883 2022-09-16T14:00:42.923225 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273491 273303 2024-09-15T10:24:57.017373 2023-09-16T04:18:09.276933 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 273278 2011-05-23T12:26:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 78359 2011-05-23T12:26:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 273306 2011-05-23T12:26:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 78322 2011-05-23T12:26:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20269 2024-09-15T10:25:22.604740 application/rdf+xml 9963 2024-09-15T10:25:01.602364 image/jpeg 1470 2024-09-15T10:25:01.493344 image/jpeg 707752 2011-05-23T12:26:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 865657 2024-09-15T10:25:00.631414 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog