Chapter IV: Cyclical Character of the Mundane Times

1. The revolutions of the heavenly bodies appointed for
cycles—Origin of the cycles of the year and the month—The
subject of Enoch’s prophecy—Mr. Cuninghame’s discovery of
the cycle from the Creation to the Era of
Redemption—Scriptural cycles of frequent occurrence—The
numbers of Jubilee and of Pentecost—of pilgrimage and
persecution—of omnipotence, glory and wisdom; and of
mystery, vengeance and forgiveness—The prophetic numbers of
Daniel—Discovery of their connection with the higher cycles
of astronomy, by M. de Chesaux and Mr. Cuninghame 102

2. Lengths of the tropical year and the synodical period of
the moon, according to Sir John Herschel—Application of the
method of _continued fractions_ to the determination of
their approximating ratios—Various lunisolar cycles—The
Octaëteris of the Greeks—The cycle of nineteen discovered by
Meton, but probably known to the Hebrews—The period of
Calippus—Proof that the numbers of Daniel are lunisolar
cycles—Remarks of Mr. Birks in his “Elements of
Prophecy”—Observations of Mr. Cuninghame in his “Scientific
Chronology”—Proof that the prophetic month and the jubilean
period are lunisolar cycles 106