| −400,000 | 0·0170 | 290 7 | | −350,000 | 0·0195 | 182 50 | | −300,000 | 0·0424 | 23 29 | | −250,000 | 0·0258 | 59 39 | | −200,000 | 0·0569 | 168 18 | | −150,000 | 0·0332 | 242 56 | | −100,000 | 0·0473 | 316 18 | | −50,000 | 0·0131 | 50 14 | +------------------+-------------+------------+ +---------------------------------------------+ | FUTURE TIME. | +------------------+-------------+------------+ | Number of years |Eccentricity.|Longitude of| |before epoch 1800.| |perihelion. | +------------------+-------------+------------+ | | | ° ′ | | A.D. 1800 | 0·0168 | 99 30 | | +50,000 | 0·0173 | 38 12 | | +100,000 | 0·0191 | 114 50 | | +150,000 | 0·0353 | 201 57 | | +200,000 | 0·0246 | 279 41 | | +250,000 | 0·0286 | 350 54 | | +300,000 | 0·0158 | 172 29 | | +350,000 | 0·0098 | 201 40 | | +400,000 | 0·0429 | 6 9 | | +450,000 | 0·0231 | 98 37 | | +500,000 | 0·0534 | 157 26 | | +550,000 | 0·0259 | 287 31 | | +600,000 | 0·0395 | 285 43 | | +650,000 | 0·0169 | 144 3 | | +700,000 | 0·0357 | 17 12 | | +750,000 | 0·0195 | 0 53 | | +800,000 | 0·0639 | 140 38 | | +850,000 | 0·0144 | 176 41 | | +900,000 | 0·0659 | 291 16 | | +950,000 | 0·0086 | 115 13 | | +1,000,000 | 0·0528 | 57 31 | +------------------+-------------+------------+ TABLE II. ECCENTRICITY, LONGITUDE OF THE PERIHELION, &C., &C., FOR INTERVALS OF 10,000 YEARS, FROM 2,650,000 TO 2,450,000 YEARS AGO. THE GLACIAL EPOCH OF THE _Eocene period_ IS PROBABLY COMPREHENDED WITHIN THIS TABLE.