Punch,  38 (1860), [vii].

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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