 | Charles Leonard-Stuart, George Jotham Hagar - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 666 pages
...time, or of computing dates : the method of ascertaining the true periods, or years, when past events took place, and arranging them in their proper order, according to their dates. The following are the leading systems of chronology existing among the several nations of the... | |
 | Charles Morris - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1921 - 632 pages
...events in order of time and the ascertaining of the intervals between them. Its basis is necessarily the method of measuring or computing time by regular...divisions or periods, according to the revolutions of the earth or moon. The motions of these bodies produce the natural division of time into years, months... | |
 | James Williams - 2005 - 262 pages
...including bunions, unicorns, etc. Also called a podiatrist. chronologist One versed in the science of ascertaining the true periods or years when past...arranging them in their proper order according to their dates. conchologist One who specialises in the field of zoology dealing with the nature, formation... | |
 | Vijaya Kumar - 2004 - 208 pages
...specialises in the breeding and treatment of silkworms for producing raw silk. 13. One versed in the science of ascertaining the true periods or years when past...arranging them in their proper order according to their dates. 14. One who is specialised in the field of forestry, cultivation and care of trees in a forest.... | |
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The science of time ; the method of measuring, or computing time by regular divisions or periods, according to the revolutions of the sun or moon, of ascertaining the true periods or years when past events or transactions took place, and arranging them... 
