What is it about?
It is a story of Newton's invention of a calendar, a slightly better one than the Gregorian. Newton toyed with it for several months, in 1700, preparing three consecutive drafts of a proposal to be submitted to the Whig government, but then completely abandoned it.
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Why is it important?
Everything touched by Newton's genius is interesting and important. But here is more to that. His calendar has all perspectives to become universal.
Perspectives
Newton's calendar can become a universal calendar. It is certainly the best candidate for a consensus calendar for all three Bible-based religions, which use the lunar component in their core belief.
Dr Ari Belenkiy
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This page is a summary of: History of one defeat: reform of the Julian calendar as envisaged by Isaac Newton, Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, September 2005, Royal Society Publishing,
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2005.0096.
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