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Clavis calendaria: or, a compendious analysis of the calendar / [John Brady].

  • John Brady
Date:
1813
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Credit: Clavis calendaria: or, a compendious analysis of the calendar / [John Brady]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    will, upon examination, be found to possess a much stronger claim to attention than it has hitherto appeared to merit: That it is the Na- tional Register of Time, and the Instrument whereby is regulated the Ecclesiastical Estab- lishment of the Nation, cannot btit be generally known ; though it requires a more extensive course of reading than many are habituated to, clearly to trace the progress of the Calendar, through its various gradations of improvement, to its present accuracy ; or to appretiate the causes that gave rise to the division of our Church ser,vice, in the order that has been settled by our forefathers. The primary object of the Author s attention, has been correctly to point out, and distinguish, the several divisions and subdivisions of that portion of duration denominated Time, of every variation in the regulation of which pheno- menon, he has given a particular and historical account : And he has added a minute descrip- tion not only of those Instruments to which human ingenuity has resorted for tracing its flight, from the simple Sun-dial to the accurate Chronometer; but also of such different Tables as have been introduced for marking its pro- gress, from the rude Alhan Calendar to that of the present day. — Tlie first part, upon Time, may justly be regarded as introductory to the general subject treated upon, denominated ClaiiJsi Calcntfati'jJ, from its being a key
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