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Principles of Chronology, which Sis 1Newton makes use of for settling the ^ £Epoch a of the Argonautic Expedition*which he makes the Basis of his Chs° - 5logy. He observes, that Eudoxus, inDescription of the Sphere of the Anci^gplaced the- Solstices and Equinoxes 111 ,

Middle of the Constellations Aries ,

Chela , and Capricorn: And also that'Sphere or Globe was first made by M u r ^and the AJlerisms delineated upon jtChiron , two of the Argonauts. ^

54. Now it has been strewn, that hf »Precession of the Equinoxes the Sta rs j

back 5o v per Annum. And since at th eof the Year 1689, the Equinoctial ^°‘

ed 1

passing through the middle Point, b etvsrthe first and last Star of Aries y did the 11 ^the Ecliptic in « 6 9 44", it is evident?. ,,the Equinox had then gone back ^ 'j°therefore, as 50" is to one Year, s° iS fn c&44' to 2645 Years, which is the Tim ethe Argonautic Expedition to the Begi stI ^ 6of the Year 16go ; that is, 955 Years i> e ^Christ is the Æra of the A r &° naExpedition. a*

55, But our great Author is JEO°f e P. ^polar and subtile in this Affair, f? e _the Mean Place of the Colure of t^ e