Astronomia Britannica exhibiting the doctrine of the sphere, and theory of the planets decimally by trigonometry, and by tables : fitted for the meridian of London ... / by John Newton ...

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Title: Astronomia Britannica exhibiting the doctrine of the sphere, and theory of the planets decimally by trigonometry, and by tables : fitted for the meridian of London ... / by John Newton ...
Author: Newton, John, 1622-1678.
Publication: London :: Printed for the author by R. and W. Leybourn, and are to be sold by Thomas Piercepoint ...,; 1657.
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Subject terms: Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Planetary theory -- Early works to 1800.; Astronomy -- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
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Let the time given be May the 12th. houre 11 parts 15 before noon at London in the Bissextile yeare 1656, and the Suns place to be soughts The numbers are thus,

		Suns Longitude	Suns Apogeon
		Deg.	parts	Deg.	parts
The Epocha	1640	291.	24777	96.	22265
Years comp.	15	359.	37294		23686
April	118.	27760		519
Dayes	12	011.	82776		52
Houres	23		94458
Scruples	15		616
Suns Mean Longitude	421.	87681	96.	46522

2 Subtract the Apogaeum from the Mean Longitude, there rests the mean Anomaly.