554 



ON THE ANTIQUITY OF 



and planets, with the apsides and nodes of their or- 

 bits, are assumed to have been in a line of conjunc- 

 tion in the beginning of Aries. 



29. The longitudes of the aphelia and nodes, at 

 the end of the year 49OO of the Call yvg ; or 12th 

 April 1799, at 51' 4O" past four P. Ml on the meri- 

 dian oi Paris, by De la Landl's tables will be as 

 follow : 



European Sphere. 



Sun's apogrec 

 Moon's ditto 



3 9 28 18,3 

 16 10 30,:i 



Mercury's aphel. 8 14 20 II 



Venus's ditto 10 8 35 87 



Mars's ditto 5 2 23 26 



Jupiter's ditto 6 n 7 40 



Saturn's ditto 8 29 3 23 



30. Their longitudes in the Hindu sphere, are 

 had by deducting o'- 2o<' 52' 28,5" (§ 12) from those 

 of the aphelia, and adding it to those of the nodes, 

 as follows : 



Hindu Sphere. 



s. ° ' " Nodes -supplement. 

 Sun*s apogee 2 18 35 49,8 

 JSIoon's ditto 11 25 18 1,8 

 Mercury's aphel. 7 23 27 42^5 

 Venus's ditto 9 17 43 8,5 

 Mars's ditto 4 11 30 57,5 



Jupiter's ditto 5 20 15 11,5 

 Saturn's ditto 8 8 10 55,5 



31. The longitudes of the aphelia and nodes being 

 given by assumption, at the commencement of the 

 Calpa (§ 28); and their positions at the end of the 

 year 4900 of the Callyug^ by European tables (§ 29 

 and 30) ; (which may be supposed to agree with ob- 

 servation) we obtain from thence, the following an- 

 nual 



