A dissertation on the magnitude of the year containing an historical account of time, from the earliest ages down to the present; The Method practised by the Ancients, for ascertaining the true Measure and Magnitude of the Year, explained; and the Result of their Calculations compared, from a Table of the Magnitudes of the Years, Siderial as well as Tropical, calculated by the most eminent Astronomers, both ancient and modern; the Instruments used by the Ancients, for that Purpose, explained; and the Errors incurred by Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory's Method clearly pointed out. Also, a method laid down, from the true Magnitude of the Year, given in Days, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, to adapt the calculation of time to common use, in such a Manner, that there will neither be gained nor lost, on true Time, one Second, to the latest Ages; which is clearly demonstrated from the sunplest Principles

Bibliographic Details

Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed by J. Ged, for S. Paterson, at Shakespear's Head, facing Durham-Yard, in the Strand 1752, MDCCLII. [1752]
Subjects:	Time
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0034401200?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa