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The Calendar

More than you ever wanted to know about calendars - the classic treatise from the 1911 Edition of the Encyclopaedia.

Page 987 - Introduction (as well as the Caledonia Canal)
Page 988 - History of the day, week, month ...
Page 989 - ... and year
Page 990 - Calculations of the solar year
Page 991 - The lunar year
Page 992 - The Easter cycle: the golden number
Page 993 - Calculating Easter - epacts
Page 994 - ... and more epacts
Page 995 - yet more
Page 996 - ...
Page 997 - ...
Page 998 - ...
Page 999 - ...
Page 1000 - The Hebrew calendar
Page 1001 - The Mohammedan calendar
Page 1002 - ...
Page 1003 - References
Page 1003 - End (also Calenus and the Golden Calf)