10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOMINICAL LETTER»
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A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an ...
DOMINICAL Letter, otherwise Called the Sunday Letter, is one of thes^e first
seven letters of the alphabet, abcdefg, used in almanacs," &c, to mark or denote
the Sundays throughout the year. The reason for using seven letters, is because
that ...
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Universal Technological Dictionary
The followin table exhibits the changes of the dominical letter or one solar cycle
in Julian years, beginning with a leap-year. GF 5.BA 9.DC 13.FE 17.AG 21.CB
25.111) E 6. G 10. B 14. D 18. F 22. A 26. C D 7. F 11. A 15. C 19. E 28. G 27. B C
8.
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Universal Technological Dictionary Or Familiar Explanation ...
The following table exhibits the changes of the dominical letter for one solar cycle
in Julian years, beginning with a leap-year. In order to find the solar cycle and the
dominical letter for any given year of the Christian JEra add 9, the date of its ...
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Astronomia accurata: or The royal astronomer and navigator. ...
Years since Leap-Year. Yrs. since Chr. Yrt. since Chr. Examples. 4)1751(437 4)
1800(45 15 20 Rem. 3 Year since Leap- [Vear, O. S. Rem. o Yr. since Lp-Year, [
O. S. Cf the DOMINICAL LETTER. TO find the Dominical Letter for any Year
before ...
5
Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
45.146;. Siifar 6,256.99:2 84,793 Hum 51.100 gals. 4.607 1833. 1834. Value.
Value. 897.555 lbs. 30.70 11. 898,891 lbi. 2657a/. 5,356.519 78.9S3' 5.996 938
77.228 44.097 3538' 46,090 2,375 DOMINICAL LETTER (dies domi'nica, Sunday
).
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The national arithmetic, on the inductive system: combining ...
To the given year add its fourth part, rejecting the fractions; divide this sum by 7 ;
if nothing remains, the dominical letter is A ; but if there be a remainder, subtract it
from 8, and the residue will show the dominical letter, reckoning 0 = ^1, 2= B, ...
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The National Arithmetic, on the Inductive System; ... New ...
SECTION LXXXIII. ASTRONOMICAL PROBLEMS. PROBLEM I. To find the
dominical letter for any year in the present century, and also to find on what day
of the week January will begin. RULE. -— To the given year add its fourth part,
rejecting ...
The calendar letter of Sunday (dies Domini) in any year is the dominical letter of
the year. Ifa year consisted of an exact number of weeks, the dominical letter
would be the same for every year. But a common year consists of fiftytwo weeks
and ...
William Conant Church, 1870
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A new treatise on the use of the globes, and practical ...
The dominical letter is thus found : to the given year add 4th of it, for the leap
years contained in it (neglecting the fractions if any) and from the sum subtract 7
for the 18th century (or from 1800 inclusive to 1900) 8 for the 19th and 20th
centuries, ...
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A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: ...
What is its specific gravity? 21656-^-8X2707, the specific gravity, as required by
the table. ASTRONOMICAL PROBLEMS. Prob. I. To find the dominical letter for
any year in the present century, and also to find on what day of the week January
...
Charles Guilford Burnham, 1841
