Archdeacon Pratt on Chinese Astronomical Epochs, 



Table I. 



No. of 



man- 

 sion. 



Star at its commence- 

 ment! 



I 

 Latitude. Longitude. 



„ .. .. Right 1 Width of 

 Declination. aBCen *> Bi0Di mansion . 



1750 A D. 



2357 B.C. 



2357 B C. 



1 



2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 



i] Pleiades 3 



e Taurus 3, 4 



X Orion 4 



8 Orion 2 



fj Gemini 3 



9 Cancer 5, 6 



d Hydra 4 



a Hvdra 2 



39^ Hydra 5 



a Crater 4 



y Corvus 3 



a Virgo 1 



k Virgo 4 



1 



4-4 2 



- 2 36 

 -13 24 

 -23 35 



- 51 



- 47 

 -12 25 

 -22 24 

 -26 5 

 -22 43 

 -14 29 



- 2 2 

 + 2 56 

 + 22 



- 5 26 



- 4 

 -15 21 



- 6 57 



- 3 55 

 + 4 37 

 + 87 

 + 8 38 

 + 10 41 

 + 19 25 

 + 12 36 

 + 17 37 

 + 8 29 

 + 11 17 



56 31 



64 58 



80 13 



78 52 



91 49 



122 15 



126 49 



143 48 



152 13 



170 15 



187 15 



200 21 



211 



221 36 



239 27 



244 19 



252 46 



267 47 



276 41 



300 33 



308 14 



319 55 



329 52 



349 59 



5 40 



17 6 



30 29 



43 27 



+ 3 10 

 + 30 



- 3 38 

 -13 32 

 + 12 11 

 +20 28 

 + 9 44 

 + 1 13 



- 2 29 



- 39 

 + 44 

 + 12 12 

 + 13 9 

 + 6 46 



- 5 39 



- 6 17 

 -20 1 

 -18 3 

 -18 19 

 -16 23 

 -14 12 

 -14 49 

 -12 58 



- 2 39 



- 6 17 

 + 1 35 



- 2 42 

 + 4 42 



358 30 



8 55 



27 



29 43 



33 19 



63 54 



70 32 



87 37 



95 16 



111 56 



129 23 



145 35 



157 35 



166 33 



180 38 



185 40 



188 45 



206 34 



216 26 



242 55 



251 19 



263 14 



273 24 



292 12 



308 23 



317 36 



332 55 



343 43 



10 25 

 18 5 



2 43 



3 36 

 30 35 



6 38 

 17 5 



7 39 



16 40 



17 27 



16 12 

 12 



8 58 



14 5 

 5 2 

 3 5 



17 49 



9 52 

 26 29 



8 24 



11 55 

 10 10 



18 48 

 16 11 



9 13 



15 19 

 10 48 

 14 47 



a 2 Libra 4 



7r Scorpio 4 



a Scorpio 3, 4 



ju 2 Scorpio 4 



y 2 Sagittarius 3, 4 

 Sagittarius 3, 4 

 /3 Capricornus 3 

 e Aqnarius ... 4 

 j3 Aquarius ... 3 

 a Aquarius ... 3 

 a Pegasus ... 2 



y Pegasus 2 



t Andromeda 4 

 /3 Aries 3 



35 Aries 4 



Mean . 









- 2 28 









Table II. 

 Position of Equinoxes and Solstices, 2357 B.C. 



- 



I. r\ Pleiades.... 



8. a Hydra .... 

 15. 7r Scorpio .... 

 22. (3 Aquarius . 



O ; 



.. 1 30 behind Vernal Equinox. 

 .. 2 23 behind Summer Solstice. 

 .. 38 before Autumnal Equinox. 

 .. 6 46 behind Winter Solstice. 



