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The cbiiquily of the earth's equator to the ecliptic h 

 23" 28' ; its secular diminution 5o"; its periodical change 

 in a revolution of the moon's nodes, 6" each way ; the an- 

 nual precession of the equinoxes is 50.23"; the greatest 

 apparent change of place of the stars from the aberration of 

 light, 20" each way. 



The mean inclination of the orbit of the moon, 5, is 

 5° o'; the place of the ascending node 13° 56'; the 

 mein distance 240000 miles ; the eccentricity 13700 

 miles ; the place of the apogee 2s 26° 7' ; the moon's 

 place as 15° 2'; the diurnal motion of the node 3' 10", its 

 tropical revolution I8y 228d 4h 52' 52", its sidereal revolu- 

 tion I8y223d7h 13' 17"; the tropical revolution of the 

 apoge* 9y and 8h 34' 57" ; its sidereal revolution 8y 31 2d 

 llh 11' ; the moon's tropical revolution 27d 7h 43' 5" ; 

 her synodical revolution with respect to Q, 29d 12h 44' 

 3"; her diameter 2163 miles; her mass ^ of the earth's ; 

 her density .742 ; her apparent diameter 29' 22" to 33'S4"; 

 her horizontal parallai 53' 46" to 61' 26"; at the mean 

 distance 57' 1". 1 Jan. I801, 



The sidereal periods of the satellites, and their distances 

 In semidiameters of the planets are, Jupiter's \. id 1 8h 27 ' 

 33". D. 5.67. n. 3d I3h 13' 42". D. p. III. 7d3h 42' 33". 

 D. 14.3S. IV. I6d ish. 32' 8". D. 25.3. The third, which 

 is the largest, is about the size of the moon. Saturn's Ring 

 loh 32' 15". D. 2.33. I. or VII. 22h 37' 23". D. 3.7. II. 

 or VI. Id 8h 53' 8". D. 4.2. III. or I. id 2lh 18'26". D. 

 4.9. IV. or If. 2d I7h 44' 5i". D. 6.3. V. or III. 4d I2h 

 95' n" V. 8.75. VL or IV. I5d 22h 4l' Ifl". D. 20.3. 

 VII. or V. 79d 7h 53' 43". D. 59.15. The longitude of 

 the nodes of the ring 5s 17° 13', retreating about 35° in a 

 century. The Georgian planet's I. sd. D. 12.7. II. 8d. 

 D. 16.5. III. lod. D. 19.5. IV. 13. 5d. D. 22. V. 38d. D. 

 44. VI. 108d. D. 88. 



Tables of places of the Heavenly Bodies. 



Kepleri tabuljj,e Rudolphinae. f. Ulm, 1^27. 

 *Connaissance des temps. 8. Paris. I679. .. 



Flamsteed's circle for finding the place of 

 Jupiter's satellites. Ph. tr. 1685. XV. 

 1262. 



Lahire Tabulae astronomicae. 4. Paris. 

 Ace. Ph. tr. 1686. XVII. 443. 



Wood's ahnanac. Hooke Ph. coll. ii. 26. 



Halley on Albategtji's tables. Ph. tr. IG93. 



XVII. 913. 



Pound's tables of Jupiter's satellites. Ph. ti. 



1718. XXX. 776. 1719. XXX. 1021. 

 Wargentin tabulae satellitium Jovis. Act. 



Upsal, 1741. 27. 



M.iyer's solar and lunar tables. C. Gott. 1752. 



n. 383. 

 *Mai/cr tabulae niotuum solis et lunae. 4. 



London, 1770. R.S. 



Maker's lunar tables. 4. Lond. 1787. R. S. • 



Ephcmerides astromonicae. 8. Vienna, 1 757. . . 



Lacaille tabulae solares. 4. Paris, 1758. 

 By Hell. 8. Vienn. I763. 



Elements of new tables of Jupiter's satellites. 

 Ph. tr. 1761. 105. 



7JfZ/ tabulae lunares. 8. Vienn. 1763. 



Euleri novae tabulae lunarcs. 8. Petersb. 



R.S. 

 A. P. Index. Art. Tables. 

 *Nautical almanac. 8. Lond. 

 Bailly on the satellites of Jupiter. Ph. tr. 



1775. 185. 

 Bode Astronomisches Jahrbuch. 8. Berlin, 



1776... R.S. 

 Recueil de tables astronomiques. 8. Berlin. 



R.S. 

 Englefield's tables of the expected comet. 



4. Lond. 1788. R. S. 



Laplace et Delambre Tables de Jupiter et de 

 Saturne. 4. Paris, 1789. R. S. 



Zach Tabulae moluum solis. 4. Goth. 1792. 

 Supplementa, 1794... 



Von Zach on the place of Ceres. Ph. M. 



XII. 360. 

 Report on Burg's lunar tables. Ph. M. 



XIIL 183. 

 Greatest error about 12". 



Ephemeris of the new planets for 1803. Ph. 

 M. XV. J 90. 



