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Longs, Four Breves, cighe Semi breves, fixteen, deline, 603 Copernieus, 6033 Kircher, 62 23
Minims, Thirey evo Crorehets, fixty Four dua
vers, EC.
Besides these Moods of Time, Fire orters rela-
rins co Tune, ere in Dse amOrs the ANCIenE
Grecians, Which vere termed Tones or Punes by
thc Catins; the Delign of cicher beins to Mew
in Whar Pey a Sons wras set, and hou che ditse
Tene K eys had relation one to another.
These sors oE Moods vere distinguistid b5
the Names oF the sereral Prorinces OE Creece,
arhere ther ere Arst invenced; 25 the Dorick,
Lydian Tonick, Phrycian and Folick.
and accordins ro Trcho, 56 = Semi diameters ol
he Farch. NIP. Nemron chinks the Distance
oughe eo be esteemed about 6T: ThereFOrC thC
Mean Distance mar be reckoned 60. Buc il
the Farth and Moon more boch round the Sun
rich cheir Common Centre oE Graritr, thad
Admirable Astronomex demonstrares that the
Distance between the Centres oF the Farrh ane
Noon ill be 60 = oE che Farrhs Semi diame
Ter, Prop. 60. Lib. 1. Princip.
She is nearer the Parch ac hex syzyry, chan in
in the Onadeature, by L, PaFE OF the Distance.
AccOrding ro M. Cassni, ihe MoonS Greatest
Dorick Mood, consisted oF Ro cund Noces, Distance trom the Parth is 6r, the mean Di
and Was proper FOr the exCitins PerSOnS 10 50- Stance 56, and ehie least Distance 52 Semi-dia
brietr and Piety.
METEFS OF thC FaETH.
The POrver OF the HoonS InAUenCC, 2S EO
Eydian Mood, vras litervise used in Solemn the Tides, is eo thac oF the Sum a5 6 = t0 Onc.
Crare Musick; and the Delcane or Composition
vas oF Ron Time, adapted to Sacred LIymne
Ot Anthems.
Tonick Mood, WaS FOF more ligHE and IOFE NTII
sck; TuCH 2S pleaTANE ammOTOIS SOnGS, SaT2
bands, COFAHES, Jig9S, (9C.
Phryzian Mood, Was a W artike Kind OF Mu-
Sick, Air For Trumpers, LTaurbOyS, and ocher In-
struments oE the litce Nacure; Whereby che
Minds oF Nen iere animated ro underratie
Milicary Acchierements, Or Marrial sixerciles.
Eolick Mood DeinS OF a more aiey, POFF, and
NIP. Nemion.
As to the Tnequalier oF the Hoons Motion
(Wrhich proceeds From the Action oE che Sun-
disturbins the Morion OE the Secondarr Pla-
nets) Me moves svister, and deseribes (by 3
Radius draWN ErOm IL EO Che LarTH) a GrCaTCK
deliohttul Sound, fuch as our Madris als, served
Area in proportion ro the Time, hach ar
Orbit less curred, and by chac means comes
nearex ro the Farth in her Syzygies OF Conjun
ctions, than in the Onadratures, unlels the MO-
rion os her Excentricier hinder ic: Whick FX
centricier is greatest, whenthe Aposeum oF ihc
Noon happens in the Conjunctions; and is least,
Wrhen che Aposeum happens at the Cnadratures.
And Therclore the Noon is Cvister 25 wvell 25
nearer tO uS in her Periseum, and more remote
eo allar che Passions by che means ot ils frate- and Porver in her Aposeum ac the Conjunctions.
sul Varietr and nelodious Flarmons.
These Moods Ox Lones rere distinguistred into
Authentick and Playal, with respect ro the divi-
dins ot the Octave inro its Fitth and FOurrM:
The Formet Was when che Fisth possessed che
Lorver Place, according co the FTarmonical Di-
vision ot an Octave; and the ocher was whren ic
Atood in the Vpper Place, accordins to che A-
richmetical Dirision of the lame Octave.
MOOTI. The Periodical Rerolurion of the
Moon, in reserence t0 the FIX d StarS, I5 27
Dars, 7ITOurs, 43 Minutes: And in che lame
Space ot Time, by a Arange Correspondence
and fTarmony oF the rOMOrionS, ic revolres che
Pame az abour its omn Axis; wtiereby (onc
Motion as much converrins it to, as the other,
turns ic from the Farth) the Pame side is alvays
expoled ro our Sight.
chan ac che Ouadratures; and her Motion is
Cvister also in the Parchs Aphelion, chan in ieS
Peritetion. The Aposcum also soes Forward
Cviscer in che Conjunctions, and SOeS POreF At
the Ouadratures: Bur hex Nodes are ac rest in
the Conjunctions, and do recede most svifey in
the Ouadratures.
The Moon also perpecually chanses the Figure
of hex Orbir, or the Species oF the Fllipse MC
mores in.
There are also fome other Tnequalicies in tH
Notions oF ehis Planet, which ean hardly be
reduced ro any certain Rule: AS, that che Ve
locities or Florary Motions oF the Apogeum and
Nodes, and their Equations, and ehie Disserence
betveen the grearelt Fxcentricier in the Con-
junctions, and the least in che Ouadracures;
and char Inequalier wrtich is called the Variation
Sihe Moen: Allchese do encreale and decreale
The Librations of the MoonS Body, which Annually, in a Priplicate Rario of the apparent
occasion that the lame Hlemisphere exactly,
is not alivars expoled ro oux Sighr, arise
trom che Fxcencricis oE theMoons Orbit, From
the Perturbations by the Suns Aecraction, and
from che Obliquier ot the Axis of che Diurnal
Diameter oF the Sun. And ehis Variation IS en-
crealed and diministred in a Duplicate Rario O1
the Time BetrVCen FhC OVadFALUTES; IS NIF. Nem-
ton prores in manz Places ot his Principia.
Thac Curious Person Found che APogeum in
Roration of che Moons omn Orbit; withour the MOOnSSyZ5ys 10 50 ForVard 23 min. Cact
the Knowleas et wen Ceances, het
Phaenomena wele nexplicaere, Duc es the Con-
Sderartest et cent ale rerr demonttrable.
The Mean HOrarY MOtIOH et ile Moon, in
respect ot thC LIA d ScarS, i5 32 MM, 56SC.
Day, in respect oF the Fix d STaES; and 10 50
backvard 16 min. Z. cach Dday in cire Ouadra-
TureS: And cheretore the midale AnnuaL NTOEI
ons he estimates at 40 deg.
This cisters Comechine om MP. Flamsteed S
Astronomical Tables; Wvhere the Diurnal Pro.
Grestion of the MOOn S AposCum is 24 min. 28 sC.
ins ro most Asronomers, 59; accordins c0 Vin.) conde in ihe Sizyys, ael ehe Recetion 20 min.
CondS, 2) LMITAS, LL FOUTEHS ana HalI.
Lhei Moon is dutant trom ile Parth, accord-