Author: Leo J. Deveau
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company
ISBN: 1459504801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
400 Years in 365 Days gives readers a fun, trivia-filled record which reflects the communities and peoples of Nova Scotia spanning the past 400+ years. Leo Deveau has assembled over a thousand entries that reflect events in the lives and histories of virtually every settlement and group in the province, covering a range of interests from military history to arts and sports. Illustrating the entries are 300+ visuals including full colour paintings, drawings, photos, and archival objects. This informative, entertaining and illuminating volume is a great reference book and a great gift for anyone interested in Nova Scotias colourful past and lively present.
400 Years in 365 Days
Author: Leo J. Deveau
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company
ISBN: 1459504801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
400 Years in 365 Days gives readers a fun, trivia-filled record which reflects the communities and peoples of Nova Scotia spanning the past 400+ years. Leo Deveau has assembled over a thousand entries that reflect events in the lives and histories of virtually every settlement and group in the province, covering a range of interests from military history to arts and sports. Illustrating the entries are 300+ visuals including full colour paintings, drawings, photos, and archival objects. This informative, entertaining and illuminating volume is a great reference book and a great gift for anyone interested in Nova Scotias colourful past and lively present.
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company
ISBN: 1459504801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
400 Years in 365 Days gives readers a fun, trivia-filled record which reflects the communities and peoples of Nova Scotia spanning the past 400+ years. Leo Deveau has assembled over a thousand entries that reflect events in the lives and histories of virtually every settlement and group in the province, covering a range of interests from military history to arts and sports. Illustrating the entries are 300+ visuals including full colour paintings, drawings, photos, and archival objects. This informative, entertaining and illuminating volume is a great reference book and a great gift for anyone interested in Nova Scotias colourful past and lively present.
TIME
Author: Rick Perez
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450090443
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book divides TIME into three main units. The first unit will be time in general. The second unit will be time as we know it on clocks. The third unit will be dedicated to calendars. The purpose in writing this book is to make the reader THINK. Should we change our current clock and/or calendar to make them better? For example: why are there 60 minutes in an hour, or why do we have 28, 29, 30, or 31 days in a month? In the first unit, Rick gives us a brief introduction and some historical theories as to how and why man started keeping track of time. In one of the sections in this unit, Rick tries to show how the ages in the Bible’s genealogy from Adam to Noah are more realistic by using lunar years instead of solar. He concludes this unit with his version of time zones. The second unit is dedicated to clocks and other hour-measuring devices. Sundials, water clocks, candles, mechanical, and atomic clocks are some of the types mentioned. The reader is given information to explain why the day was divided into 24 hours and why the hour was divided into 60 minutes. Rick concludes this unit by proposing a solar day of 100 shorter hours. Finally, the third unit is devoted to the solar year, giving details of some of the early calendars like the Egyptian, Babylonian, Roman, Gregorian, etc. Here is where we see the mark that the early lunar or luni-solar calendars have left on our current calendar. In this unit, Rick gives us his calendar proposal featuring a ten-day week. But the most spectacular section is the section titled “The Dates and Times of Jesus’s Birth and Death.” He uses scientific data, historical information, and scriptural references to deduce the exact times and dates of Jesus’s birth and death.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450090443
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book divides TIME into three main units. The first unit will be time in general. The second unit will be time as we know it on clocks. The third unit will be dedicated to calendars. The purpose in writing this book is to make the reader THINK. Should we change our current clock and/or calendar to make them better? For example: why are there 60 minutes in an hour, or why do we have 28, 29, 30, or 31 days in a month? In the first unit, Rick gives us a brief introduction and some historical theories as to how and why man started keeping track of time. In one of the sections in this unit, Rick tries to show how the ages in the Bible’s genealogy from Adam to Noah are more realistic by using lunar years instead of solar. He concludes this unit with his version of time zones. The second unit is dedicated to clocks and other hour-measuring devices. Sundials, water clocks, candles, mechanical, and atomic clocks are some of the types mentioned. The reader is given information to explain why the day was divided into 24 hours and why the hour was divided into 60 minutes. Rick concludes this unit by proposing a solar day of 100 shorter hours. Finally, the third unit is devoted to the solar year, giving details of some of the early calendars like the Egyptian, Babylonian, Roman, Gregorian, etc. Here is where we see the mark that the early lunar or luni-solar calendars have left on our current calendar. In this unit, Rick gives us his calendar proposal featuring a ten-day week. But the most spectacular section is the section titled “The Dates and Times of Jesus’s Birth and Death.” He uses scientific data, historical information, and scriptural references to deduce the exact times and dates of Jesus’s birth and death.
The merchants' handbook
Author: William Alfred Browne
Publisher:
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Category : Businessmen
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Businessmen
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Smith's Illustrated Astronomy
Author: Asa Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The English Cyclopaedia
Author: Charles Knight
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Languages : en
Pages : 706
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The English Cyclopædia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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The English Cyclopedia
A Treatise on Astronomy
Author: Hugh Godfray
Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature
Author:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Thomas Stewart Traill
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 856
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