COMMON THINGS. 



TIME. 



CHAPTEE IY. 



87. Year of confusion. 88. New arrangement of the months. 89. 

 Mistake of the Pontiffs. 90. Leap-years. 91. Historical dates. 

 92. Day of the equinox. 93. What is the equinox ? 94. The two 

 equinoctial points. 95. Sidereal year. 96. Precession of the equi- 

 noxes. 97. Equinoctial year. 98. Civil year. 99. Difference 

 between it and the Julian year. 100. Effect of this difference. 

 101. Cause of the reformation of the Calendar. 102. Discordance 

 between the real and ecclesiastical equinox. 103. Gregorian reform. 

 104. Gregorian Calendar. 105. Its compensating effect. 106. Re- 

 sistance to its adoption. 107. Dates of its adoption in different 

 countries. 108. In England. 109. Its reception there. 110. Occa- 

 sional agreement of the new and old styles. 111. Anecdotes relating 

 to the change. 112. Russia adheres to the old style. 113. Com- 

 mencement of the year. 114. Various in different countries. 

 115. In England. 116. Old and new style in England. 117. Tem- 

 porary inconvenience attending it. 



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