Ten Days Lost Forever

Item sets: The Sphex Club Papers; Jones Memorial Library Manuscripts Collection

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Identifier: JML.MS1133-0370
Barcode: JML.MS1133-0370
Title: Ten Days Lost Forever
Description: Text of a lecture delivered to the Sphex Club in Lynchburg. Eric J. Sorenson's "Ten Days Lost Forever" explores the evolution and complexities of the calendar, focusing on the inaccuracies and reforms that have shaped our current Gregorian calendar. Sorenson highlights the arbitrary nature of calendrical numbers, the historical figures responsible for calendar reform, and the scientific and religious influences that culminated in our current system of measuring time.
Date: 6 January 2000
Creator: Sorenson, Eric J.
topic: SPHEX Club - lectures; Sorenson, Eric J.; Gregorian calendar; Julian calendar; Time -- measurement
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Digital Format: pdf
Language: English
Publisher: George M. Jones Library Association
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/; George M. Jones Library Association
Rights Holder: Sorenson, Eric J.; George M. Jones Library Association