604 Notes on Capt, Shortrede's Scheme. QNo. 116. 



tury commences, shall fall exactly under the division containing years 

 1, 7, 18, 29, &c. 



21. The scheme has been regulated according to the hundreds or 

 full centuries ; and therefore, when it is to be used, the full-century-divi- 

 sion must be adjusted with a current- year-division in accordance 

 with Art. 20. 



22. By comparing Tables (2) and (3) it will be observed, that each 

 hundredth year commences two days earlier than the succeeding cen- 

 tury. The 2 hundredth year of (2) commences with d ; the 3d cen- 

 tury of (3) begins with/; the 3 hundredth of (2) begins with c; the 

 4th century begins with e ; in each case the hundredth year begins 2 

 days earlier; therefore, in using the scheme the full-century-division 

 is to be adjusted with the current-year-division 2 remove to the left 

 from the division containing years 1, 7, 18, 29, &c; that is, with the 

 division containing the years 5, 11, 22, 33, &c. 



23. But, because the hundredths or full centuries of Old Style are all 

 leap years, they are thrown one division to the right according to Art. 

 16, and are in consequence to be adjusted with the year-division con- 

 taining the years 6, 17, 23, 34, &c. The hundreds or *'full centuries," 

 do not commence with the day of the w^eek over which they stand, but 

 with the day to the left ; consequently, although the full-century-divi- 

 sion is shifted, the week-day commencing the next century or the year 

 1, falls in the right place under the division containing year 1. 



24. The division containing the years 6, 17, 23, 34, &c., have two 

 cyphers for reference. If the scheme be published for general use, 

 it would be an improvement to substitute a black dot, such as is used 

 in the Nautical Almanac to represent the New Moon. 



26. Let us now turn our attention to the New Style. In the year 

 1752, it was " enacted by 24 Geo. II. c. 23, that instead of cancelling j 

 ten days as Gregory XIII. had done, eleven days should be left out of 

 the month of September ; accordingly, on the second day of that 

 month, the Old Style ceased, and the next day, instead of being the 

 third, was called the fourteenth, and by the same act, the beginning of 

 the year was changed from the 25th of March to the 1st of January." — 

 Ency. Met. Mis. and Lex. vol. iii. art. Calendar^ p. 155. 



26. It was likewise enacted, that the Gregorian correction should be 

 applied to certain years specified. According to the Gregorian rule, 



