Excerpt from Astronomical and Historical Chronology: In the Battle of the Centuries The following Argument (excepting the references to the State Library of Venice and to the 1875 edition of Bond's 'Chronology') was written in the year 1900, when discussion was rife as to whether that year properly belongs to the nineteenth or to the twentieth century; and I have retained it as a basis for argument, as it sometimes simplifies references and discussion. I have used the term historical rather than the usual term vulgar chronology in the title because the origin of the latter term makes it properly include astronomical chronology, it having been intended to signify that it does not give the true number of years from the Annunciation or from the Nativity. And also 'historical chronology' was a technical term for the Christian era used with Julian years before the Gregorian Reformation, which identified vulgar chronology with it, so that my present use is, in fact, the original use of the term. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.