598 Scheme of a Table for all Time, [No. 116. 



first fingers of each hand to the back of the card, (the zero being to- 

 ward the front,) then vi'ith the thumbs move about the second card to 

 the required position. 



In making the monthly adjustment, hold the outer card between the 

 fore-finger and thumb, the division containing the odd year of the 

 century being to the front, then putting the thumb of the other hand 

 over the centre on the face and the forefinger at the back, turn 

 about the central card till the proper month division comes opposite 

 that of the odd year. 



Notes on Capt Shortrede's Scheme, By W. Masters, Esq. 



1. Let the 1st of January begin with any day of the week A, and 

 write down in succession all the months, with their days under corres- 

 ponding days of the week thus : — 



January 



A. 



B. 



C. 



D. 



E. 



F. 



G. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



i5 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 

 29 



23 

 30 



24 

 31 



25 



26 



27 



28 



February 12 3 4 



5 &c. &c. 



2. The following peculiarities will present themselves : — 



First. The arrangement of dates and days of the week, correspond in 

 these months : January and October ; February, March, and November ; 

 April and July ; September and December ; the other three months 

 May, June, and August, are isolated months, having no correspondence 

 of arrangement with any other. 



Second, In leap years, the dates from 1st March to 31st December 

 inclusive, will arrive a day later in the week. As the additional day of 

 leap year comes at the end of February, it does not affect the cor- 

 respondence of dates and days for January and Februarj^ 



Third, The vertical dates of January and October fall on the same 

 days. 



