 | Early English newspapers - 1793 - 720 pages
...of which the prefolar and lunar civil years confift neither of a determinate number of days, nor ire regulated by any cycle, but depend folely on the motions...way of knowing what day of the month it is but by confu'ting his almanack ; and, what is more, th« month ought fometinus to begin on different (lavs... | |
 | Books - 1793 - 668 pages
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 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1793 - 636 pages
...the Hindoos are obliged to recur, in order to know what day of the month it is ; becaufe the feveral months, both folar and lunar, confift neither of a...regulated by any cycle, but depend folely on the motions cf the fun and moon ; and their months fometimes begin on different days in various pi ices, on account... | |
 | 1793 - 612 pages
...order to know what day of the month it is ; becaufe the lèverai mon'hs, both folar and lunar, coniift neither of a determinate number of days, nor are regulated...but depend folely on the motions of the fun and moon ; and their months fometiiiics begin on different djys in various pLces, on account of the difference... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 500 pages
...order to know what day of the month it is ; because the several months, both solar and lunar, consist neither of a determinate number of days, nor are regulated by any cycle, but depend solely on the motions of the sun and moon ; and their months sometimes begin on different days in various... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 852 pages
...Indeed the Hindoo months, both 1'obr and hn.ir, confift neither of a determinate number of days, cor are regulated by any cycle, but depend folely on the...but by confulting his almanac ; and what is more, the month ought fometimes to begin on different days, in different places, on acCOLBI of the difference... | |
 | Christopher Alan Bayly - History - 1996 - 430 pages
...calendar. A British observer remarked that the various overlapping systems of time were so complex that 'a Hindoo has no way of knowing what day of the month it is, but by consulting his almanac'.17 Almanacs were consequently among the most common form of both written and... | |
 | 1793 - 724 pages
...tf New Pullicatíabt. tbe beginning of the folar year; and both folar and lunar civil years con fill neither of a determinate number of days, nor are regulated...way of knowing what day of the month it is but by confulling his almanack ; and, what is more, the month ought fometimss to begin on different days in... | |
 | Henry Cavendish - 530 pages
...year. From what has been said, it appears, that the Hindoo civil months, both solar and lunar, consist, neither of a determinate number of days, nor are regulated by any cycle, but depend solely on the motions of the sun and moon, so that a Hindoo has no way of knowing what day of the month... | |
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Hindoos are obliged to recur, in order to know what day of the month it is ; becaufe the feveral months, both folar and lunar, confift neither of a determinate number of days, nor are regulated by any cycle, but depend folely on the motions of the fun... 