Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And made easy to those who have not studied mathematicsFerguson, James
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Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And made easy to those who have not studied mathematics
Ferguson, James
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800
Because it is of great use for fixing the Cycles or Revolutions of
Eclipses, to have at hand, without the trouble of calculation, a list of
successive Eclipses for many years, computed by authors of
_Ephemerides_, although from Tables not perfect in all respects, I shall
for the benefit of Astronomers give a summary collection of such. The
authors I extract from are, an anonymous one who published _Ephemerides_
from 1484 to 1506 inclusive; _Jacobus Pflaumen_ and _Jo. Stæflerinus_,
to the Meridian of _Ulm_, from 1507 to 1534: _Lucas Gauricus_, to the
Latitude of 45 degrees, from 1534 to 1551: _Peter Appian_, to the
Meridian of _Leysing_, from 1538 to 1578: _Jo. Stæflerus_ to the
Meridian of _Tubing_, from 1543 to 1554: _Petrus Pitatus_, to the
Meridian of _Venice_ from 1544 to 1556: _Georgius-Joachimus Rheticus_,
for the year 1551: _Nicholaus Simus_, to the Meridian of _Bologna_, from
1552 to 1568: _Michael Mæstlin_, to the Meridian of _Tubing_, from 1557
to 1590: _Jo. Stadius_, to the Meridian of _Antwerp_, from 1554 to 1574:
_Jo. Antoninus Maginus_, to the Meridian of _Venice_, from 1581 to 1630:
_David Origan_, to the Meridian of _Franckfort_ on the _Oder_, from 1595
to 1664: _Andrew Argol_, to the Meridian of _Rome_, from 1630 to 1700:
_Franciscus Montebrunus_, to the Meridian of _Bologna_, from 1461 to
1660: Among which, _Stadius_, _Mæstlin_, and _Maginus_, used the
_Prutenic_ Tables; _Origan_ the _Prutenic_ and _Tychonic_; _Montebrunus_
the _Lansbergian_, as likewise those of _Duret_. Almost all the rest the
_Alphonsine_.
But, that the places may readily be known for which these Eclipses were
computed, and from what Tables, consult the following list, in which the
years _inclusive_ are also set down.
From 1485 to 1506 The place and author unknown.
1507 1553 _Ulm_ in _Suabia_, from the _Alphonsine_.
1554 1576 _Antwerp_, from the _Prutenic_.
1577 1585 _Tubing_, from the _Prutenic_.
1586 1594 _Venice_, from the _Prutenic_.
1595 1600 _Franckfort_ on _Oder_, from the _Prutenic_.
1601 1640 _Franckfort_ on _Oder_, from the _Tychonic_.
1641 1660 _Bologna_, from the _Lansbergian_.
1661 1700 _Rome_, from the _Tychonic_.
So far RICCIOLUS.
_N. B._ The Eclipses marked with an Asterisk are not in RICCIOLUS’s
catalogue; but are supplied from _L’art de verifier les Dates_.
From the beginning of the catalogue to _A. D._ 1700, the time is
reckoned from the noon of the day mentioned to the noon of the following
day; but from 1700 to 1800 the time is set down according to our common
way of reckoning. Those marked _Pekin_ and _Canton_ are Eclipses from
the _Chinese_ chronology according to STRUYK; and throughout the Table
this mark ☉ signifies _Sun_, and this 🌑︎ _Moon_.
STRUYK’s Catalogue of ECLIPSES.
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