But great confusionstill exists as a result of several coun-tries holding to their own old methods.The present Chinese year has 384 days,13 months and 13 full moons. Com-pared with our 1909 it begins on Jan-uary 31st and will end on February 8,1910. Last year the China-Japan cal-endar had IS… … Fig;. 19—Japanese Strikine Clock with Two Balancesand Two Escapements; Dial Stationary, Hand Moves error grow till they require anothermoon. The Old Testament is fullof moons, and even with all our mo-dernity our feasts and holy days areoften variable on account of beingmixed up with moons. In…
Time · Clocks and watches
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