Show I C 1 t W s 0 VARIOUS KINDS OF DAYS DAVe Word Said to Have No Real Meaning Without Defining l A Adjective Five kinds of or day are recognized and it has been said that the word day has has' has no no real meaning without an adjective defining what kind of or a dayis day dayis is meant There is a civil day the astronomical day the apparent solar day the mean solar day and the sidereal sidereal sid sid- I ereal day The civil day begins at the midnight preceding mean noon and consists of or twenty four hours counted after twelve o'clock the astronomical day begins twelve hours after the civil d day y or at the mean noon of the corresponding corresponding cor cor- responding civil day These hours I Iare are reckoned from 0 to 24 It will be seen therefore that while lOhr January 1st astronomical time is also lOhr January 1st civil time yet January 1st astronomical as time is also lOhr I a. a m. m January Janu ry 2nd civil time There There are many anomalies lies growing out ol of this use of the civil day and there are many arguments in favor of using the astronomical day It is one of the 1 reforms which undoubtedly will come com T Ir some somo time |