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Appendix

Cycle I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.10. 1 *■

XW.i>/.^E.D.C. B G.F.E. D B. A'

E. A. C.

Cycle 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19-20-^

Bom.Let B D. C. B. A E. E- V' f'

E. G.

tyr/e 22.23.24.25.26.27.28.

Bom. Let. A. G. F. ^ C. B. A.

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46. The Metonic Cycle, (so c£t ^ e( jfrom the Inventor Meson J otherwise ca ^the Cycle of the Moon , is a Period ofteen Years, after which the New andMoons were supposed to return on the

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Days of the Month, and Hours, as he^^because if the Solar and Lunar Year h e »^together at any Time, these Years h el ^to each other as 365 to 354, could P 0 *-incide again at their Beginning till at j,certain Time, viz. 235 Lunations, ^make 6939 D. 16 H. 31' 45", and i°teen Solar Years are 6939 D. i8fd->Difference being only 1 H. 28' 15'' lhe^ s ^two Years will then begin again very n ^//at the fame Time, and the New and ^Moons come round again upon the

of the Month.

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