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INDEX.

(The Numbers Refer to the Sections.)

Moon, same word = month 9
Moon called the Measurer in old times 9
Moslem year—how computed 59
Movable feasts and the golden number 66
Mundane's eras compared 30
Mussulman's calendar in India and the East, Year of 99
Nabonassur, Era of—history and explanations 61
N. A. Indian's way of counting time 9
Nail, marking year in Rome—details of process 18
New Style, Britain—how it originated 91
New Style attempted in Elizabeth's reign 78
New Style in France—how brought in 105
Niagra, era of, Origin of 67
Night watches of the Jews—how divided 43
Nile, Seasons of Egyptians marked by rising of 27
Nones in Roman months—definitions 20
Non-bisextile centuries—how known 27
Non-Christian reckonings forgotten in general 2
Norse Invasion—how date found 113
Northampton, Treaty of—how dated 87
North American Indians' way of counting time 8
Number, the golden number. Importance of 57
Numa's efforts in chronology 17
Numismatics, English datable 77
Old Style in Scotland, Prevalence of the 89
Old Style and N.S., tabulated 62
Olympiads explained—date of origin 16
Ortolan on Roman history 17
Ortolan's trite saying regarding early Rome 17
Paleography in chronology—its great use 120
Palmyra, Dates on inscriptions in 63
Papal Bulls and Briefs—how they are dated 29
Penult day, Meaning of, in Scottish charters 87
Persian Christmas—what it is meant to honour 53
Persian years. Short account of the 15
Peter the Great and chronology—his Ukase 64
Phoenician chronology—its romantic antiquity 13
Pleiades mark a season to aborigines 9
Pontiffs in ancient Rome—how they falsified the calendar 18
Printing in China, Dates of 10
Proclamation, British dates of, explained 95
Proclamation, U.S.A.—how given 67
Ptolemy and astronomical records, Uses of 61