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Excerpt from Manual of Ancient Geography and History
A meteor, which shines for a short time and then disappears. Their year began on the 22nd September, and had twelve months of thirty days, the names of which were intended to indicate the various phases of nature; and their terminations (aire, ose, a], and dor) to mark the four seasons of the year. These names were Vendemiaire, Bru maire, Frimaire, Nivose, Ventose, Pluviose, Germinal, Floreal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, Fructidor. There were also five, and in leap-year six, supplementary days. The months were subdivided into three decades, the days of which were distinguished by nume rals, and contained ten hours of 100 minutes each.
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