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24 seconds, English time; which very nearly corresponds with 

 that settled in our tables at 354 days S hours 48 minutes 36 

 seconds *. 



Table. 



The lunar cycle, or period of 19 years, as also that called the 

 Chaldean or ecliptic period, confessedly originated with the 

 Eastern astronomers: and that we may see the agreement of 

 tlie^ Oriental astronomers with our European calculators, we 

 here insert the measure of 19 sidereal and lunar years after both 

 accounts, thus: 



Indian Time reduced. 



Difference .. .. 54 15 * 



• Sec Ferguson's Astronomy. 



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