Index:On Chronology and the Construction of the Calendar.pdf

Title On Chronology and the Construction of the Calendar: with special regard to the Chinese computation of time compared with the European
Author Hermann Peter Heinrich Fritsche
Year 1886
Publisher R. Lavefrentz
Location St Petersburg
Source pdf
Progress To be proofread
Transclusion Index not transcluded or unreviewed
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Contents

1. Preface, page 1.
2. Introduction, page 2.
3. The Solar day, page 4.
4. The Week, page 6.
5. The Month, page 7.
6. The Year, page 12.
7. The Solar cycle, page 14.
8. The Lunar cycle, page 16.
9. The Julian period,page 18.
10. The Chinese year, page 20.
11. Comparison between the Chinese and European chronological dates, page 27.
12. A short explanation of the Calendars of the more important ancient nations and the Mahometans, page 32.
13. Rising and Setting of the Sun, page 34.
14. Rising and Setting of the Moon, page 35.
15. Rising and Setting of the Planets and fixed Stars, page 38.
16. Eclipses of the Moon and the Sun, page 39.
17. Chinese-European Calendar from the year 1624 A.D. until 1921 A.D., page 50.
18. Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties and Emperors and the year of the commencement of their reigns, page 75.