The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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The civil day commences at midnight and comprises 24 hours, which are divided into two equal parts--the first 12 (from midnight to noon) being named A. M., and the last 12 (noon to midnight) named P. M.

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