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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

Name: Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And made easy to those who have not studied mathematics
Author: Ferguson, James

Ferguson, James

Astronomy -- Early works to 1800

|   5000  |  1  7 46 40 | 10 10 16 |
           |   6000  |  1 15 20  0 | 10  0 19 |
           +---------+-------------+----------+
           |         | Sun’s mean  | Sun’s    |
           |         |   Motion.   | mean     |
           |         |             | Anomaly. |
           | Months  +-------------+----------+
           |         | ^s  °  ʹ  ʺ | ^s  °   ʹ|
           +---------+-------------+----------+
           |   Jan.  |  0  0  0  0 |  0  0  0 |
           |   Feb.  |  1  0 33 18 |  1  0 33 |
           |   Mar.  |  1 28  9 11 |  1 28  9 |
           |   Apr.  |  2 28 42 30 |  2 28 42 |
           |   May.  |  3 28 16 40 |  3 28 17 |
           |   June  |  4 28 49 58 |  4 28 50 |
           |   July  |  5 28 24  8 |  5 28 24 |
           |   Aug.  |  6 28 57 26 |  6 28 57 |
           |   Sep.  |  7 29 30 44 |  7 29 30 |
           |   Oct.  |  8 29  4 54 |  8 29  4 |
           |   Nov.  |  9 29 38 12 |  9 29 37 |
           |   Dec.  | 10 29 12 22 | 10 29 11 |
           +---------+-------------+----------+
 +-----+-------------+
 |     | Sun’s mean  |
 |     | Motion and  |
 |     | Anomaly.    |
 |Days.+-------------+
 |     | ^s  °  ʹ  ʺ |
 +-----+-------------+
 |   1 |  0  0 59  8 |
 |   2 |  0  1 58 17 |
 |   3 |  0  2 57 25 |
 |   4 |  0  3 56 33 |
 |   5 |  0  4 55 42 |
 |   6 |  0  5 54 50 |
 |   7 |  0  5 53 58 |
 |   8 |  0  7 53  7 |
 |   9 |  0  8 52 15 |
 |  10 |  0  9 51 23 |
 |  11 |  0 10 50 32 |
 |  12 |  0 11 49 40 |
 |  13 |  0 12 48 48 |
 |  14 |  0 13 47 57 |
 |  15 |  0 14 47  5 |
 |  16 |  0 15 46 13 |
 |  17 |  0 16 45 22 |
 |  18 |  0 17 44 30 |
 |  19 |  0 18 43 38 |
 |  20 |  0 19 42 47 |
 |  21 |  0 20 41 55 |
 |  22 |  0 21 41  3 |
 |  23 |  0 22 40 12 |
 |  24 |  0 23 39 20 |
 |  25 |  0 24 38 28 |
 |  26 |  0 25 37 37 |
 |  27 |  0 26 36 45 |
 |  28 |  0 27 35 53 |
 |  29 |  0 28 35  2 |
 |  30 |  0 29 34 10 |
 |  31 |  1  0 33 18 |
 +-----+-------------+
 | In Leap-years,    |
 | after _February_, |
 | add one Day and   |
 | one Day’s motion. |
 +-------------------+
 +----------------------+
 | Sun’s mean Motion    |
 |   and Anomaly.       |
 +------+---------------+
 |Hours.|  Mot. & Ano.  |
 |      +---------------+
 |      |  °    ʹ    ʺ  |
 |   ʹ  |  ʹ   ʺ     ʺʹ |
 |  ʺ   |  ʺ   ʺʹ    ʺʺ |
 +------+---------------+
 |   1  |  0    2    28 |
 |   2  |  0    4    56 |
 |   3  |  0    7    24 |
 |   4  |  0    9    51 |
 |   5  |  0   12    19 |
 |   6  |  0   14    47 |
 |   7  |  0   17    15 |
 |   8  |  0   19    43 |
 |   9  |  0   22    11 |
 |  10  |  0   24    38 |
 |  11  |  0   27     6 |
 |  12  |  0   29    34 |
 |  13  |  0   32     2 |
 |  14  |  0   34    30 |
 |  15  |  0   36    58 |
 |  16  |  0   39    26 |
 |  17  |  0   41    53 |
 |  18  |  0   44    21 |
 |  19  |  0   46    49 |
 |  20  |  0   49    17 |
 |  21  |  0   51    45 |
 |  22  |  0   54    13 |
 |  23  |  0   56    40 |
 |  24  |  0   59     8 |
 |  25  |  1    1    36 |

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