A Discourse Concerning Time, with the application of the natural day, and lunar month, and solar year, as natural, And of such as are derived from the, As Artificial Parts of Time, for Measures in Civil and Common Use :. For the better understanding of The Julian Year and Calendar The First Cilumn also in our Church-Calender explained. With other Incidental Remarks. The Second Edition.

Editorial: Printed by J. Heptinstall for Phil. Monkton, at the Star in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London, 1701

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Second Edition Small 8vo., 6.75 x 4.25 inches. [4] + 106 pp. + [1} advert leaf. Bound in full modern antique-stile panelled calf gilt. A faint damp stain effects the last few leaves otherwise a fine crisp clean copy. English clergyman, mathematician and musician William Holder, from Nottinghamshire (died 1696), became pastor in 1642 and later Canonicus of the Church of St. Paul in London. He was also a member of the Royal Society and the first to teach a deaf and dumb man to speak. In Holder's writing about time, he tries to explain the shortcomings of the Julian calendar and shows the methods of reform. The Gregorian calendar was not introduced in Engand until 1752. In the meantime, the time difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars had grown to just over eleven days. As a result of this adjustment, eleven days disappeared from the calendar (September 3 to September 13, 1752) A treatise "written to explain the issue of calendar reform and reissued in 1701 after the renewed English rejection of the Gregorian calendar, was an elegant exposition of the concept of harmony on a cosmic scale" (ODNB).…

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A Discourse Concerning Time, with the application of the natural day, and lunar month, and solar year, as natural, And of such as are derived from the, As Artificial Parts of Time, for Measures in Civil and Common Use :. For the better understanding of The Julian Year and Calendar The First Cilumn also in our Church-Calender explained. With other Incidental Remarks. The Second Edition.
Autor
HOLDER (WILLIAM)
Editorial
Printed by J. Heptinstall for Phil. Monkton, at the Star in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London
Año de publicación
1701

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Founded by Patrick Marrin's father George in 1946, Marrin's Bookshop has been based in its current Folkestone location since 1963. Patrick has worked in bookselling since 1970. As well as rare antiquarian books, maps and prints, the stock includes a wide range of literature, library sets, travel, history and illustrated books in all fields. We also offer a bookbinding and restoration service. Visitors to the shop are welcome and we exhibit at UK book fairs. A large proportion of our stock can be searched on this website, or at http://www.marrinbook.co.uk.…

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