Excerpt from Clavis Calendaria, or a Compendious Analysis of the Great Calendar<br><br>It a certain measure or portion. Hf eternity; dis-r tinguished by the motion of the sun, or heavenly luminaries, by which the distances and duration of sublunary afi'airs are measured. It has also a succession of phenomena in verse better to be conceived than de scribed and of which, as Mr. Locke observes, we can only form an idea, by. Considering any part of infinite ddration, as set out by periodical measures. Other philosophers describe the na ture of Time differently, though in meaning precisely the same.<br><br>The measure'? Of such part of infinite dura tion depending upon motion, the heavenly bo dies have, in every age, been selected for that purpose and the ancients distinguished their difl'erent seasons, by the appearance of partien-e hr constellations. The cosmical rising of the Plehdes, denoted the commencement of sum mer -that of the dag-star its declination; and by the motions of the heavenly luminaries alone, Anrs'rorns marked the periods of the gestation and migration of animals. Mankind subsequently attained a more accurate method of tracing the course of Time: of which, different periods or divisions, have been distinguished by cpochs, milleninms, cycles, centuries, years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and mo ments secondsor instants.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.