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WE are now passing through the hundredth meteoric cycle of nineteen years, which commenced with A. D. 1882, and will terminate with A. D. 1900. These cycles began with the year of our Saviour's birth, and our prayer books contain tables showing for many successive years on what days Easter days and our movable festivals will occur. At the end of every such cycle the new and full moons happen within an hour and a half of the same time of the year as they did at the beginning.
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EDMONDS, R. The Meteoric Cycle and Stonehenge. Nature 32, 436–437 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/032436b0
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