CHRONOLOGY. 



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mati.al. 



Clironolo- and approaches as nearly as possible to the astronomical 

 gv, XTathe- or to t [,e so !ar month. 



When the civil month approaches to the lunar month, 

 it is called the civil lunar month, and generally contains 

 29 and 30 days alternately, with some corrections. This 

 kind of me nth was used by the Jews, Greeks, and Ro- 

 mans, till the time of Julius Czsar, who introduced the 

 civil solar month, consisting of 30 and 31 days alternately. 

 In the following Tables, we have shewn the method 

 of dividing the year into months, adopted by the Egyp- 

 tians, Jews, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Turks, and 

 the French. 



No. I. Egyptian Months. 



No. II. Ihe Jewish Months. 



In the Embolimic year after the month Adar the Jews 

 added a month of 30 days, called Ve Adar. 



No. III. The Ancient Grecian Months. 



No. IV. Roman Months before the reformation of the 

 Calendar. 



matical. 



Roman 

 mouths. 



No. V. Arabic and Turkish Months. 



Arabic and 

 Turkish 



months. 



The Arabians add 11 days at the end of every year to pre- 

 rve a coincidence between the months and the seasons. 



serve 



No. VI. French Months. 



As the French months consist of 30 days each, mak- 

 ing in all 360 days, the remaining 5 days are called com- 

 plementary days, and sans culottides, the first of which is 

 the 18th September, the second the 19th, the third the 

 20th, the fourth the 21st, and the fifth the 22d of Sep- 

 tember, which terminates the French year. 



Each month is divided into three decades, consisting of 

 10 days each, which are called primidi. duodi, tridi, 

 (juaitidi, quintidi, sextidi, xeptidi, oclodi, nonodi, and 

 decadi. For an account of the Frei^ch yeai, and their 

 method of intercalation, see Section III. On the Year. 



