M.DCC.LI.
A TABLE, shewing, by means of the Golden Numbers, the several Days on which the Paschal Limits or Full Moons, according to the Gregorian Account, have already happened, or will hereafter happen; from the Reformation of the Calendar in the Year of our Lord 1582, to the Year 4199 inclusive.
To find the Day on which the Paschal Limit or Full Moon falls in any given Year; Look, in the Column of Golden Numbers belonging to that Period of Time wherein the given Year is contained, for the Golden Number of that Year; over-against which, in the same Line continued to the Column intitled Paschal Full Moons, you will find the Day of the Month, on which the Paschal Limit or Full Moon happens in that Year. And the Sunday next after that Day is Easter Day in that Year, according to the Gregorian Account.
| Golden Numbers from the Year 1583 to 1699, and so on to 4199, all inclusive. | Paschal Full Moons. | |||||||||||||||
| 1583 to1699 | 1700 to1699 | 1900 to2199 | 2200 to2299 | 2300 to2399 | 2400 to2499 | 2500 to2599 | 2600 to2899 | 2900 to3099 | 3100 to3399 | 3400 to3499 | 3500 to3599 | 3600 to3699 | 3700 to3799 | 3800 to4099 | 4100 to4199 | Days of the Month, andSunday Letters |
| 3 | 14 | .. | 6 | 17 | 6 | 17 | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | .. | 4 | March 21. C |
| .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | 17 | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 22. D |
| 11 | .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 14 | .. | 6 | 17 | .. | 9 | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | 12 | 23. E |
| .. | 11 | .. | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | .. | 6 | 17 | .. | 9 | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | 24. F |
| 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 6 | 17 | .. | 17 | .. | 9 | .. | 25. G |
| 8 | 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 6 | 17 | 6 | 17 | .. | 9 | 26. A |
| .. | 8 | 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | 17 | .. | 27. B |
| 16 | .. | 8 | 19 | .. | 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 14 | .. | 6 | 17 | 28. C |
| 5 | 16 | .. | 8 | 19 | 8 | 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | .. | 6 | 29. D |
| .. | 5 | 16 | .. | 8 | .. | 8 | 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 30. E |
| 13 | .. | 5 | 16 | .. | 16 | .. | 8 | 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | 14 | 31. F |
| 2 | 13 | .. | 5 | 16 | 5 | 16 | .. | 8 | 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | April 1. G |
| .. | 2 | 13 | .. | 5 | .. | 5 | 16 | .. | 8 | 19 | .. | 19 | .. | 11 | .. | 2. A |
| 10 | .. | 2 | 13 | .. | 13 | .. | 5 | 16 | .. | 8 | 19 | 8 | 19 | .. | 11 | 3. B |
| .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | .. | 5 | 16 | .. | 8 | .. | 8 | 19 | .. | 4. C |
| 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 13 | .. | 5 | 16 | .. | 16 | .. | 8 | 19 | 5. D |
| 7 | 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 13 | .. | 5 | 16 | 5 | 16 | .. | 8 | 6. E |
| .. | 7 | 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 13 | .. | 5 | .. | 5 | 16 | .. | 7. F |
| 15 | .. | 7 | 18 | .. | 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 13 | .. | 13 | .. | 5 | 16 | 8. G |
| 4 | 15 | .. | 7 | 18 | 7 | 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | .. | 5 | 9. A |
| .. | 4 | 15 | .. | 7 | .. | 7 | 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 13 | .. | 10. B |
| 12 | .. | 4 | 15 | .. | 15 | .. | 7 | 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 13 | 11. C |
| 1 | 12 | .. | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | .. | 7 | 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 12. D |
| .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | 15 | .. | 7 | 18 | .. | 18 | .. | 10 | .. | 13. E |
| 9 | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 12 | .. | 4 | 15 | .. | 7 | 18 | 7 | 18 | .. | 10 | 14. F |
| .. | 9 | .. | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | .. | 4 | 15 | .. | 7 | .. | 7 | 18 | .. | 15. G |
| 17 | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 4 | 15 | .. | 15 | .. | 7 | 18 | 16. A |
| 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 17. B |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18. C |
| 19. D | ||||||||||||||||
| 20. E | ||||||||||||||||
| 21. F | ||||||||||||||||
| 22. G | ||||||||||||||||
| 23. A | ||||||||||||||||
| 24. B | ||||||||||||||||
| 25. C | ||||||||||||||||
Remarks upon the Solar and the Lunar Years, the Cycle of 19 Years, commonly called the Golden Number, the Epact, and a Method of finding the Time of Easter, as it is now observed in most Parts of Europe. Being Part of a Letter from the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield to Martin Folkes Esq; President of the Royal Society.
Of the Solar Year.
Read May 10. 1750.