Table of Contents.
Chap. | Page | |
I. | Introduction | 1 |
II. | The Evolution of Eras | 6 |
III. | The Roman and Roman Catholic Reckonings | 13 |
IV. | The Eras of the Creation | 23 |
V. | Biblical Chronology | 28 |
VI. | Sundry Cycles and Chronological Details | 34 |
VII. | The Chronology of England | 49 |
VIII. | The Chronology of Scotland | 53 |
IX. | Upon Great Britain's Calendar | 59 |
X. | Chronology in the Indian Empire | 63 |
XI. | The French Chronologies | 66 |
XII. | Kindred Sciences.—Astronomy, History and Paleography | 70 |
XIII. | Concluding Summary | 79 |
XIV. | The Great Calendars | 84 |
The Roman Calendar | 86 | |
The British Calendar | 87 | |
The Jewish Calendar | 99 | |
The O.S. or Russian Calendar | 100 | |
The Mohammedean Calendar | 101 | |
The Samvat Calendar | 102 | |
The Bengali Calendar | 103 | |
The Chinese Lunar Reckoning | 104 | |
The Clog Calendar | 105 | |
References and Abbreviations | 107 | |
Index | 111 |