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er. Divide this amount by 7, and if the remainder be less than three, take it from 3; but if it be 3 or mor

, if it be less than 6, but if the remainder be 6, take it from 13, and so on according to instructions given in the table on 49th page. It should be understood here, that in leap-years the lette

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365 + 341 = 1706; 1706 ÷ 7 = 243, remainder 5. Then 10 - 5 = 5; th

2 = 4; therefore, D and E are the dominical letters for 1620; E for January and February, and D for the rest of the ye

Divid

o the giv

ivide

era to October 5th, 1582. From October 15th, 1582 to 1700, from 6 o

ree preceding years, so there is one more added to the fourth year than there is to any of the three preceding years; and as every year c

a consists

nsist of 1

nsist of 1

5 years consis

will be 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8,

many days more than an even number of weeks there are in the given year. Take, for exa

ainder 1 Then

" 2 " 3

" 3 " 10 -

" 5 " 10 -

" 6 " 10 -

" 0 " 3

" 1 " 3

" 3 " 10 -

" 4 " 10

" 5 " 10

" 6 " 10

" 1 " 3 -

ting the number of days more than an even number of weeks in the gi

t Sunday in every year. Did the year consist of only 363 days, thus wanting one day of an even number of weeks, then these remainders, instead of being taken from a given remainder, would be added

then the 1 instead of being taken from 3 would be added to 3; then we would have 3 + 1 = 4; therefore, D being the fourth letter would be dominical letter for the year 1. The former going b

enth letter been dominical letter for the year preceding the era, then these remainders would be taken from 7; and 7 would be used until change of style in 1582. But we know from computation that C, the third letter, is dominical letter for the year preceding the era; so we commence with three, and

1 =

2 =

3 =

4 =

5 =

6 =

0 =

he dominical letter forward one place; so counting from C to C again is seven, D is eight, E is nine, and F is ten. As F is the sixth letter, we take the remainders from 1 to 5, from 6; if the remainder be 6, take it from 6 + 7 = 13. Then 6 or 13 is used till 1700, when, a

October 5th, 1582, take the remainders, after

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to 18

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