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in Enghnd we have lately made a farth ef j,rection, by throwing out 11 Days; ^

brings us much nearer the Truth thai* ^

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called the Bui tish or Augusti ne A ce ° lin Honour of our own Nation and EnV38. Singe the. Council of NitOy ^ ^present Year 1758, there have clapi eC ^wards-of 143.3 Years, by whichEquinox does in the Old-StHe, at this- ' ^fall on the to.th of March nearly, aI5 ^Julian Account is 11 Bays laterown. But even the Emendation, ° r .Stile, (which we now use.) is notfor whereas by that four Days in 4 °° ^are rejected, a considerable Error is c ° l asted 1 for the odd 11'3' , by which th®iian Year exceeds. , the Truth,amount to more than three Day 5Years. If therefore at the End ^ ^39.1 Years we expunge three Days, the (j ^0nox will very nearly always- keep

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39. In Computations of Time,it necessary to fix upon some reIfl ^ r ifTransaction, or memorable Event, g-JLxordium or Beginning- of the Reck 0 ^these are called Epocha’s or Ær-a’s*

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