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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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.
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London :: Printed for the author by R. and W. Leybourn, and are to be sold by Thomas Piercepoint ...,
1657.
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Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Planetary theory -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy -- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52255.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

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Example.

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 LongitudeSuns Apogeon
  Deg.partsDeg.parts
The Epocha1640291.2477796.22265
Years comp.15359.37294 23686
April118.27760 519
Dayes12011.82776 52
Houres23 94458  
Scruples15 616  
Suns Mean Longitude421.8768196.46522

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

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