Classicality for the Month
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Time, Ancient Authorities, Astronomy |
Mr Punch attempts to credit 'Professor' Sosigenes, the 'Astronomer Royal' to Julius Caesar, with the invention of the Julian reforms to the calendar and for setting 'the almanack by the sun'. | |
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