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16. Multiplying these by 4900, tlie number 

 of years expired from the assumed epoch, we obtain 

 the Number of revolutions, &c. of each planet in that 

 space of Time ; from which rejecting the fractional 

 parts of a revolution, and substituting in their stead, 

 the sign, degree, &c. the planet is in, (at the end of 

 the year 4900 above determined from European 

 tables) and then dividing the whole by 4900, we get 

 the mean annual motions required, as follows ; 



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From this example, a general idea may be termed 

 of the principles of the Hindu astronomy, and the 

 jnanner of determining the mean annual motions of 

 the planets at different periods, from their positions 

 in the heavens being then given by observation. 



17. If we cqmpare the mean annual motions thus 

 determined, with those deduced from De la Lande's 

 tables, we shall find, that they differ considerably : 

 ^nd that the latter make the 



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