= Adversely.

FOR THE wILMINGToNIAN.
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Dissertations on the Planets Motions.


Let us suppose lIerschel's motion O be al the
rate of


Saturn's at the rate of 2,53t


Jupiter's 23,0b8.


Mars 44,39O.


Earth $500.


Venus 13t,219.


Mercury 3i6,"65.


1t is required to find from the above proper
tons the Grand Epoch, in which it may have
been possible for all the aforesaid planets to We
been in conjunction precisely at the same point
in the heavens, at one and the same time that is,
they would appear so 10 spectator, viewing
them from their common centre, which is reck
oned 10 be the Sun.


To give solution to what is above required,
have found to he no easy task, owing to the
three places of decimas: for instances, it we take
the ratio as above, flr Iierschel and the Earth,
the result is, that IIerschel will have to revove
in his orbit 1000 times, and the Earth 95,499
times, before there can be a complete conlunc-
tion at the poin, from whence they set cut togeh-
er, and including space or period of time ~
mounting 81, 500 yrs during which period, Mcrcu-
nv will have been in conjunction with Ierschel,
at the point aforesaid, every 200 revolutions of
Her,chel: 80 that at the end of 1000 revolutions
of Hcrschel, those three planets, to wit: Mcrcu-
~. Earth, and IIersche will be nearly in perfect
conjunction will not now trouble the reader
with M solutions as respects the whole, having
found that the above proportions are almost IL
reconcilable, chiefly on account of the right hand
column of dccmals being such high numbers,
as ,he,nine thousandth part ofa whole circle. Had
tbev been each five, instead of some nine, the
solution would have been much easier made ;
however, consider that the above method oi
finding and working by proportions, without pay
ing any respect TO the radius OF circle, is the
shortest and most ready n nod that can be Ia,