430 



TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



All these figures are not at all rigorous — they are only approxi- 

 mate ; for, in the first place, the Constant, which is in all instances 

 to be taken into account, is entirely neglected. Moreover, since 

 other elements of our Tables are naturally connected with the 

 secular motions of the moon, her Apsides and Nodes, it is self- 

 evident that the former are likewise liable to corresponding alter- 

 ations. Nevertheless the preceding Table will be useful in fixing 

 the dates and magnitudes of all ancient eclipses observed by the 

 Romans, Greeks, Babylonians, Egyptians, and Chinese. I claim 

 only to have collected and fixed the classic eclipses down to a.d. 

 400, and to have corrected the principal elements of our Lunar 

 Tables approximately. 



The Actual History of Ihe Romans. 



The historical chronology of the Romans having been discussed 

 in the author's " Chronologia Sacra," 1S46; "Berichtigungen," 

 1855; ''Summary of Recent Discoveries," 1S57 (2d ed. 1^39); 

 " Gottinger gelehrte Anzeigen," No. 125, 1855; "Chronology of 



