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Title: The Keim and allied families in America and Europe
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Keim, De B. Randolph (De Benneville Randolph), 1841-1914. cn
Subjects: Keim family (Johannes Keim, d. 1703)
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : DeB. Randolph Keim
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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of dates,according to the style maintained bythe Quakers at Philadelphia for seventyyears. It would make an unscientific headache to go into details. The earth has had time ever since itswunLr off in its orbit through space andbegan to whirl round and round itselfevery 24 hours and then wind around Time found himself in a fine mess bythe introduction of intercalary monthsand other high-sounding scientific an-tics until the year fell out of all harm-ony with the appointed natural period-icity of the seasons. Then Caesar, an original expansion-ist as well as imperialist, having con-quered about everything in sight,tackled time, which he might regulatebut could not conquer. With the as-sistance of an erudite Egyptian of repu-tation in mathematics, he evolved whatin practically the present method ofcomputation. He started the brand new machinery45 years before Christ, and it has beenrunning: with a few corrections ever since.The svstem became known as the THE KEIM AND ALLIED FAMILIES. 105
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William Penn Proprietary and Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania.Born in London 1644; Charter for Pennsylvania z68z; Visited Pennsylvania, 1682-1and 1699-1701: Died at Rushcombe, England, 171S. 10G THE KEIM AND ALLIED FAM1LIE: Julian Calendar now familiar as theOld Style/7 Then the ecclesiastical feature super-vened in order to get at some rule withrespect to Easter and other movablefestivals of the church. The vernalequinox, when the days and nights are.equal had fallen behind according tothe Julian Calendar by the time of thegreat council of the early Christianchurch at Nice in Asia Minor, in the325th year of grace. In Ceasars time it fell on March 25,while at the time of the council theyfound it should be March 21. It was then declared that Eastershould be the first Sunday after thefirst full moon, which happened nextafter the twenty-first of March. If thesaid full moon fell upon a SundayEaster was to be the Sunday after. But again old Father Time laggedbehind, being ten days i

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