[Trine] Trine, [Quartile] Quartile.
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_Common Notes for the Year 1753. N. S._
Golden Number 6 } { Dominical Letter G
Epact 25 } { Cycle of the Sun 26
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COURTEOUS READER,
=This= is the twentieth Time of my addressing thee in this
Manner, and I have reason to flatter myself my Labours have
not been unacceptable to the Publick. I am particularly
pleas'd to understand that my _Predictions of the Weather_
give such general Satisfaction; and indeed, such Care is taken
in the Calculations, on which those Predictions are founded,
that I could almost venture to say, there's not a single One
of them, promising _Snow_, _Rain_, _Hail_, _Heat_, _Frost_,
_Fogs_, _Wind_, or _Thunder_, but what comes to pass
_punctually_ and _precisely_ on the very Day, in some Place or
other on this little _diminutive_ Globe of ours; (and when you
consider the vast Distance of the Stars from whence we take
our Aim, you must allow it no small Degree of Exactness to hit
any Part of it) I say on this Globe; for tho' in other Matters
I confine the Usefulness of my _Ephemeris_ to the _Northern
Colonies_, yet in that important Matter of the Weather, which
is of such _general Concern_, I would have it more extensively
useful, and therefore take in both Hemispheres, and all
Latitudes from _Hudson's Bay_ to _Cape Horn_.
You will find this Almanack in my former Method, only
conformable to the _New-Stile_ established by the Act of
Parliament, which I gave you in my last at length; the new Act
since made for Amendment of that first Act, not affecting us
in the least, being intended only to regulate some Corporation
Matters in _England_, before unprovided for. I have only added
a Column in the second Page of each Month, containing the Days
of the _Old Stile_ opposite to their corresponding Days in the
_New_, which may, in many Cases, be of Use; and so conclude
(believing you will excuse a short Preface, when it is to make
Room for something better)
_Thy Friend and Servant_,
=R. SAUNDERS.=
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=HYMN= _to the_ CREATOR, _from_ Psalm CIV.
=Awake=, my Soul! with Joy thy God adore;
Declare his Greatness; celebrate his Pow'r;
Who, cloath'd with Honour, and with Glory crown'd,
Shines forth, and cheers his Universe around.
Who with a radiant Veil of heavenly Light
Himself conceals from all created Sight.
Who rais'd the spacious Firmament on high,
And spread the azure Curtain of the Sky.
Whose awful Throne Heav'n's starry Arch sustains,
Whose Presence not Heav'n's vast Expanse restrains.
Whose Ways unsearchable no Eye can find,
The Clouds his Chariot, and his Wings the Wind
Whom Hosts of mighty Angels own their Lord,
And flaming Seraphim fulfil his Word.
Whose Pow'r of old the solid Earth did found,
Self-pois'd, self-center'd, and with Strength girt round;
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From her appointed Sphere forbid to fly,
Or rush unbalanc'd thro' the trackless Sky.
To reas'ning Man the sov'reign Rule assign'd,
His Delegate o'er each inferior Kind;
Too soon to fall from that distinguish'd Place,
His Honours stain'd with Guilt and foul Disgrace.
He saw the Pride of Earth's aspiring Lord,
And in his Fury gave the dreadful Word:
Straight o'er her peopled Plains his Floods were pour'd,
And o'er the Mountains the proud Billows roar'd.
Athwart the Face of Earth the Deluge sweeps,
And whelms the impious Nations in the Deeps:
Again God spake----and at his pow'rful Call
The raging Floods asswage, the Waters fall,
The Tempests hear his Voice, and straight obey,
And at his Thunder's Roar they haste away:
From off the lofty Mountains they subside,
And gently thro' the winding Vallies glide,
Till in the spacious Caverns of the Deep
They sink together, and in Silence sleep.
There he hath stretch'd abroad their liquid Plains,
And there Omnipotence their Rage restrains,
That Earth no more her Ruins may deplore,
And guilty Mortals dread their Wrath no more.
He bids the living Fountains burst the Ground,
And bounteous spread their Silver Streams around:
Down from the Hills they draw their shining Train,
Diffusing Health and Beauty o'er the Plain.
There the fair Flocks allay the Summer's Rage,
And panting Savages their Flame asswage.
On their sweet winding Banks th' aerial Race
In artless Numbers warble forth his Praise,
Or chant the harmless Raptures of their Loves,
And cheer the Plains, and wake the vocal Groves.
Forth from his Treasures in the Skies he pours
His precious Blessings in refreshing Show'rs.
Each dying Plant with Joy new Life receives,
And thankful Nature smiles, and Earth revives.
The fruitful Fields with Verdure he bespreads,
The Table of the Race that haunts the Meads,
And bids each Forest, and each flow'ry Plain
Send forth their native Physic for the Swain.
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Thus doth the various Bounty of the Earth
Support each Species crowding into Birth.
In purple Streams she bids her Vintage flow,
And Olives on her Hills luxuriant grow,
One with its generous Juice to cheer the Heart,
And one illustrious Beauty to impart;
And Bread of all Heav'n's precious Gifts the chief
From desolating Want the sure Relief.
Which with new Life the feeble Limbs inspires,
And all the Man with Health and Courage fires.
The Cloud-topt Hills with waving Woods are crown'd,
Which wide extend their sacred Shades around,
There _Lebanon_'s proud Cedars nod their Heads;
There _Bashan_'s lofty Oaks extend their Shades:
The pointed Firs rise tow'ring to the Clouds,
And Life and warbling Numbers fill the Woods.
Nor gentle Shades alone, nor verdant Plains,
Nor fair enamell'd Meads, nor flow'ry Lawns,
But e'en rude Rocks and dreary Desarts yield
Retreats for the wild Wand'rers of the Field.
Thy Pow'r with Life and Sense all Nature fills,
Each Element with varied Being swells,
Race after Race arising view the Light,
Then silent pass away, and sink in Night.
The Gift of Life thus boundlesly bestow'd,
Proclaims th' exhaustless Hand, the Hand of God.
Nor less thy Glory in the etherial Spheres,
Nor less thy ruling Providence appears.
There from on high the gentle Moon by Night
In solemn Silence sheds her Silver Light,
And thence the glorious Sun pours forth his Beams,
Thence copious spreads around his quick'ning Streams.
Each various Orb enjoys the golden Day,
And Worlds of Life hang on his chearful Ray.
Thus Light and Darkness their fix'd Course maintain,
And still the kind Vicissitudes remain:
For when pale Night her sable Curtain spreads,
And wraps all Nature in her awful Shades,
Soft Slumbers gently seal each mortal Eye,
Stretch'd at their Ease the weary Lab'rers lie.
The restless Soul 'midst Life's vain Tumults tost,
Forgets her Woes, and ev'ry Care is lost.
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=JANUARY.= _I Month._
Then from their Dens the rav'nous Monsters creep,
Whilst in their Folds the harmless Bestial sleep.
The furious Lion roams in quest of Prey,
To gorge his Hunger till the Dawn of Day;
His hideous Roar with Terror shakes the Wood,
As from his Maker's Hand he asks his Food.
Again the Sun his Morning Beams displays,
And fires the eastern Mountain with his Rays.
[Before]
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| | | Remark. days, &c. |[Sun]ri.|[Sun]set| -->
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| 1 | 2 |CIRCUMCISION. | 7 24 | 4 36 |
| 2 | 3 | _Clouds and_ | 7 24 | 4 36 |
| 3 | 4 | _cold, with_ | 7 23 | 4 37 |
| 4 | 5 | _snow;_ | 7 23 | 4 37 |
| 5 | 6 |Days inc. 4 m. | 7 23 | 4 37 |
| 6 | 7 |=EPIPHANY.= | 7 22 | 4 38 |
| 7 | G |1 p. Epiph. | 7 22 | 4 38 |
| 8 | 2 | _wind and_ | 7 21 | 4 39 |
| 9 | 3 | _falling_ | 7 21 | 4 39 |
| 10 | 4 |Days inc. 10 m. | 7 20 | 4 40 |
| 11 | 5 | _weather,_ | 7 19 | 4 41 |
| 12 | 6 | _then_ | 7 18 | 4 42 |
| 13 | 7 | _very cold,_ | 7 17 | 4 43 |
| 14 | G |2 p. Epiph. | 7 16 | 4 44 |
| 15 | 2 |Day incr. 18 m. | 7 16 | 4 44 |
| 16 | 3 | _wintry_ | 7 15 | 4 45 |
| 17 | 4 | _weather;_ | 7 14 | 4 46 |
| 18 | 5 | _but grows more_| 7 13 | 4 47 |
| 19 | 6 |Day 9 36 long. | 7 12 | 4 48 |
| 20 | 7 | _moderate,_ | 7 12 | 4 48 |
| 21 | G |3 p. Epiph. | 7 11 | 4 49 |
| 22 | 2 | _followed by_ | 7 10 | 4 50 |
| 23 | 3 | _clouds, wind_ | 7 9 | 4 51 |
| 24 | 4 | _and_ | 7 8 | 4 52 |
| 25 | 5 |Conv. St. =PAUL.= | 7 7 | 4 53 |
| 26 | 6 |Day incr. 38 m. | 7 6 | 4 54 |
| 27 | 7 | _cold, with_ | 7 5 | 4 55 |
| 28 | G |4 p. Epiph. | 7 4 | 4 56 |
| 29 | 2 | _snow or_ | 7 3 | 4 57 |
| 30 | 3 |K. Char. behead. | 7 2 | 4 58 |
| 31 | 4 | _rain._ | 7 1 | 4 59 |
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| | [Moon] pl. | Aspects, &c. |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| 1 |[Sagittarius] 11 | [Moon] with [Mars] |
| 2 | 23 | [Moon] with [Saturn] |
| 3 |[Capricorn] 5 | [Jupiter] rise 4 23 |
| 4 | 17 | _Tis against_ |
| 5 | 29 | [Moon] with [Mercury] _some_ |
| 6 |[Aquarius] 10 | [Mars] rise 4 44 |
| 7 | 22 | [Moon] w. [Venus] _Mens_ |
| 8 |[Pisces] 4 | _Principle to pay_ |
| 9 | 16 | _Interest, and_ |
| 10 | 28 | _seems against_ |
| 11 |[Aries] 10 | [Jupiter] s. 11 6 _others_ |
| 12 | 23 | [Saturn] rise 5 42 |
| 13 |[Taurus] 6 | Sirius so. 10 52 |
| 14 | 19 | [Sextile] [Saturn] [Venus] _Interest_ |
| 15 |[Gemini] 2 | 7 *s so. 7 42 |
| 16 | 16 | [Jupiter] so. 10 39 |
| 17 |[Cancer] 0 | [Mars] rise 4 36 |
| 18 | 15 | [Moon] with [Jupiter] _to_ |
| 19 |[Leo] 1 | [Sun] in [Aquarius] _pay_ |
| 20 | 17 | [Trine] [Jupiter] [Venus] _the_ |
| 21 |[Virgo] 3 | _Principal._ |
| 22 | 18 | [Venus] sets 8 2 |
| 23 |[Libra] 2 | _Philosophy as_ |
| 24 | 15 | _well as Foppery_ |
| 25 | 28 | [Sextile] [Mars] [Mercury] _often_ |
| 26 |[Scorpio] 11 | _changes Fashion._|
| 27 | 24 | [Saturn] rise 4 48 |
| 28 |[Sagittarius] 7 | 7 *s sou. 6 47 |
| 29 | 19 | Sirius sou. 9 44 |
| 30 |[Capricorn] 1 | [Moon] with [Saturn] & [Mars] |
| 31 | 13 | [Moon] with [Mercury] |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
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=JANUARY= hath XXXI Days.
D. H. -->
New [Moon] 4 8 mor.
First Q. 12 at noon.
Full [Fullmoon] 19 10 mor.
Last Q. 26 4 mor.
{12 [Scorpio] 12 Deg.
[Head] {22 11
{31 10
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Planets Places. |
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
| D. | [Sun] |[Saturn]|[Jupiter]|[Mars]|[Venus]|[Mercury]|[Moon]^sL.|
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
| | [Cap.]| [Sag.] | [Can.] |[Sag.]| [Aqu.]| [Cap.] | |
| 1 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 26 | N. 2 |
| 6 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 |[Cap.] 0| 9 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 2 |
| 17 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 19 |[Pis.]5| 14 | S. 4 |
| 22 |[Aqu.]3| 1 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 4 |
| 27 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 15 | N. 1 |
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
[Illustration]
+----+----------+----------+----+------+
| D. |[Moon]rise|[Moon]sou:| T. | O S | -->
+----+----------+----------+----+ l t |
| 1 | 4 39 | 9 M 41 | 12 | d i |
| 2 | 5 33 | 10 30 | 1 | l |
| 3 | Moon | 11 19 | 2 | e.|
| 4 | sets. | 12 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | A. | A. 53 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | 7 0 | 1 36 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | 8 0 | 2 18 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | 8 54 | 3 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | 9 50 | 3 43 | 6 | 29 |
| 10 | 10 47 | 4 27 | 7 | 30 |
| 11 | 11 46 | 5 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 12 | 12 50 | 5 55 | 8 | Jan. |
| 13 | M. 50 | 6 44 | 9 | |
| 14 | 1 51 | 7 34 | 10 | 3 |
| 15 | 2 52 | 8 28 | 11 | 4 |
| 16 | 3 56 | 9 23 | 12 | 5 |
| 17 | 4 57 | 10 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Moon | 11 21 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | rises | 12 25 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | A. | Morn. | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | 7 56 | 1 30 | 4 | 10 |
| 22 | 9 11 | 2 26 | 5 | 11 |
| 23 | 10 18 | 3 16 | 6 | 12 |
| 24 | 11 19 | 4 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 25 | 12 22 | 4 54 | 7 | 14 |
| 26 | M 22 | 5 43 | 8 | 15 |
| 27 | 1 17 | 6 34 | 9 | 16 |
| 28 | 2 21 | 7 26 | 10 | 17 |
| 29 | 3 16 | 8 14 | 11 | 18 |
| 30 | 4 3 | 9 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 31 | 4 44 | 9 51 | 12 | 20 |
+----+----------+----------+----+------+
=The= Greatness of that Power, which has been exerted in the
Creation, though every Object in Nature shews it, will best
appear by considering a little the =GREAT= Works, properly so
called, of Nature; the Sun, and Planets, and the fixed Stars. The
Sun and Moon, the most conspicuous to us of all the celestial
Bodies, are the only ones mentioned in the sacred Text: But the
Invention of that noblest of Instruments the Telescope, and the
Sagacity of the Astronomers of later Ages, whose Observations
have improved and corrected those of the foregoing, afford us a
very different Idea of the Solar System, from what the single
Consideration of those two most conspicuous Bodies gives us. As
this may probably fall into the Hands of some, who have not
Leisure or Opportunities of reading Books of Astronomy, the
following brief View of our System, and of the Immensity of the
Creation, according to the Theory of the Moderns, may not be
unacceptable.
It is proper, in the first Place, just to mention, That the
real Magnitudes, Distances, Orbits, and other Affections of the
Bodies of our System are determined by what Astronomers call
their Parallaxes, and by their Elongations from the Sun, and
their apparent Magnitudes, and other analogical Methods, which
would take up by far too much Time to explain here; by which it
is possible to determine
[their]
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=FEBRUARY.= _II Month._
Before him fly the Horrors of the Night;
He looks upon the World--and all is Light.
Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary Waste
Affrighted to their Holds return in Haste,
To Man give up the World, his native Reign,
Who then resumes his Pow'r, and rules the Plain.
How various are thy Works, Creator wise!
How to the Sight Beauties on Beauties rise!
[Where]
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| | | Remark. days, &c. |[Sun]ris|[Sun]set| -->
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| 1 | 5 |Days 10 h. long. | 7 0 | 5 0 |
| 2 | 6 |Purification _V. M._ | 6 59 | 5 1 |
| 3 | 7 | _Clouds_ | 6 58 | 5 2 |
| 4 | G |5 p. Epiph. | 6 56 | 5 4 |
| 5 | 2 | _and wind,_ | 6 55 | 5 5 |
| 6 | 3 | _with_ | 6 54 | 5 6 |
| 7 | 4 | _falling_ | 6 53 | 5 7 |
| 8 | 5 |Days incr. 1 6 | 6 52 | 5 8 |
| 9 | 6 | _weather,_ | 6 51 | 5 9 |
| 10 | 7 | _then fair_ | 6 50 | 5 10 |
| 11 | G |6 p. Epiph. | 6 48 | 5 12 |
| 12 | 2 | _and cold;_ | 6 47 | 5 13 |
| 13 | 3 | _changeable_ | 6 46 | 5 14 |
| 14 | 4 |=VALENTINE.= | 6 45 | 5 15 |
| 15 | 5 |Days inc. 1 22 | 6 43 | 5 17 |
| 16 | 6 | _and like for_ | 6 42 | 5 18 |
| 17 | 7 | _rain, or snow,_| 6 41 | 5 19 |
| 18 | G |Septuagesima. | 6 40 | 5 20 |
| 19 | 2 | _then follows_ | 6 38 | 5 22 |
| 20 | 3 |Day 10 46 long. | 6 37 | 5 23 |
| 21 | 4 | _clear and cold_| 6 36 | 5 24 |
| 22 | 5 | _weather; but_ | 6 35 | 5 25 |
| 23 | 6 | _soon changes to_ | 6 33 | 5 27 |
| 24 | 7 |St. Matthias. | 6 32 | 5 28 |
| 25 | G |Sexagesima. | 6 31 | 5 29 |
| 26 | 2 | _snow_ | 6 30 | 5 30 |
| 27 | 3 | _or cold rain._| 6 28 | 5 32 |
| 28 | 4 |Day inc. 1 56 m. | 6 27 | 5 33 |
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
+----+----------------+----------------------------------------------+
| | [Moon] pl. | Aspects, &c. |
+----+----------------+----------------------------------------------+
| 1 |[Capricorn] 25 | [Jupiter] sou. 9 28 |
| 2 |[Aquarius] 7 | [Mars] rise 4 20 |
| 3 | 19 | _Setting too good_ |
| 4 |[Pisces] 1 | _an Example_ |
| 5 | 13 | [Mercury] rise 5 34 |
| 6 | 25 | [Conjunction] [Moon] [Venus] [Conjunction] |
| | | [Saturn] [Mars] |
| 7 |[Aries] 7 | [Venus] sets 8 2 _is a_ |
| 8 | 20 | _Kind of Slander_ |
| 9 |[Taurus] 3 | _seldom forgiven;_ |
| 10 | 16 | _'tis_ Scandalum |
| 11 | 29 | Magnatum. |
| 12 |[Gemini] 13 | [Quartile] [Jupiter] [Venus] _A great_ |
| 13 | 27 | [Saturn] rise 3 49 |
| 14 |[Cancer] 12 | [Moon] W. [Jupiter] _Talker_ |
| 15 | 27 | [Quartile] [Mars] [Venus] _may be_ |
| 16 |[Leo] 12 | 7 *s sets 1 0 |
| 17 | 27 | [Jupiter] sou. 8 21 |
| 18 |[Virgo] 12 | [Sun] in [Pisces] _no Fool,_ |
| 19 | 26 | Sirius sou. 8 21 |
| 20 |[Libra] 10 | [Mars] rise 4 5 |
| 21 | 24 | [Venus] sets 9 0 |
| 22 |[Scorpio] 8 | [Sextile] [Sun] [Saturn] _but he_ |
| 23 | 21 | _is one that_ |
| 24 |[Sagittarius] 3 | [Trine] [Sun] [Jupiter] _relies_ |
| 25 | 15 | _on him._ |
| 26 | 27 | [Saturn] rises 3 0 |
| 27 |[Capricorn] 9 | [Moon] with [Saturn] |
| 28 | 21 | [Moon] with [Mars] |
+---+----------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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=FEBRUARY= hath XXVIII Days.
D. H. -->
New [Moon] 3 3 mor.
First Q. 10 12 aft.
Full [Fullmoon] 17 3 aft.
Last Q. 24 7 aft.
{12 [Scorpio] 9 Deg.
[Head] {22 8
{28 7
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Planets Places. |
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
| D. | [Sun] |[Saturn]|[Jupiter]|[Mars]|[Venus]|[Mercury]|[Moon]^sL.|
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
| | [Aqu.]| [Cap.] | [Can.] |[Cap.]| [Pis.]| [Cap.] | |
| 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 19 | N. 5 |
| 6 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 4 |
| 12 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 7 |[Ari.]6|[Aqu.] 0 | S. 3 |
| 17 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 22 |[Pis.]4| 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 22 | N. 4 |
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
[Illustration]
+----+----------+----------+----+------+
| D. |[Moon]rise|[Moon]sou:| T. | | -->
+----+----------+----------+----+ |
| 1 | 5 29 | 10 39 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | Moon | 12 24 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | sets | A. 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | A. | 12 52 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | 7 45 | 1 35 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | 8 39 | 2 18 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | 9 39 | 3 1 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | 10 41 | 3 50 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | 11 44 | 4 38 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | 12 47 | 5 29 | 8 | 30 |
| 11 | M. 47 | 6 19 | 9 | 31 |
| 12 | 1 43 | 7 18 | 10 | Feb. |
| 13 | 2 46 | 8 17 | 11 | |
| 14 | 3 41 | 9 16 | 12 | 3 |
| 15 | 4 34 | 10 15 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Moon | 11 14 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | rises | 12 10 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | A. | Morn | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 7 53 | 1 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 9 2 | 1 57 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 | 10 9 | 2 48 | 5 | 10 |
| 22 | 11 19 | 3 40 | 6 | 11 |
| 23 | 12 17 | 4 32 | 7 | 12 |
| 24 | M. 17 | 5 20 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 | 1 8 | 6 8 | 9 | 14 |
| 26 | 2 0 | 6 58 | 9 | 15 |
| 27 | 2 48 | 7 47 | 10 | 16 |
| 28 | 3 27 | 8 34 | 11 | 17 |
+----+----------+----------+----+------+
their Magnitudes and Distances, when those Distances are
not too great to yield a Parallax. Astronomers, for Example,
know certainly the Distance of the Moon from the Earth,
_viz._ 240 thousand Miles, because the Moon yields a very
sensible Parallax; and they know, that the Sun's Distance
from the Earth is very probably, at least, ten thousand Times
the Diameter or Thickness of the Earth, which is about eight
thousand Miles, and brings the whole Distance to about eighty
Millions of Miles. It is, I say, hardly to be doubted, that
the Distance from the Sun to the Earth is, at least, eighty
Millions of Miles; but it is not certainly known, whether it
is not a great deal more. In the Year 1761, the Distance of
all the Planets from the Sun will be determined to a great
Degree of Exactness by Observations on a Transit of the
Planet _Venus_ over the Face of the Sun, which is to happen
the 6th of _May_, O.S. in that Year. But, according to the
present Theory, the Sun, to appear of the Magnitude he does
to our Eyes at the Distance of eighty Millions of Miles, must
be a Body a great many hundred thousand Times larger than the
Earth, so that if his Centre were placed where that of the
Earth is, his outward Surface would extend one hundred and
forty thousand Miles higher than the Orbit of the Moon, his
Diameter or Thickness being seven hundred and sixty thousand
Miles, whereas that of the Earth is but about eight thousand.
This amazing World
[of]
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=MARCH.= _III Month._
Where Goodness worthy of a God bestows
His Gifts on all, and without Bounds o'erflows;
Where Wisdom bright appears, and Pow'r divine,
And where Infinitude itself doth shine;
Where Excellence invisible's exprest,
And in his glorious Works the God appears confest.
With Life thy Hand hath stock'd this earthly Plain,
Nor less the spacious Empire of the Main.
[There]
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| | | Remark. days, &c. |[Sun]ris|[Sun]set| -->
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| 1 | 5 |St. =DAVID.= | 6 26 | 5 34 |
| 2 | 6 | _Cool and_ | 6 24 | 5 36 |
| 3 | 7 | _windy,_ | 6 23 | 5 37 |
| 4 | G |Shrove Sunday. | 6 22 | 5 38 |
| 5 | 2 | _then snow_ | 6 20 | 5 40 |
| 6 | 3 |Shrove Tuesday. | 6 19 | 5 41 |
| 7 | 4 |Ash Wednesday. | 6 18 | 5 42 |
| 8 | 5 |Days 11 28 long | 6 16 | 5 44 |
| 9 | 6 | _follow'd by sharp_| 6 15 | 5 45 |
| 10 | 7 | _nipping weather;_| 6 14 | 5 46 |
| 11 | G |1st in Lent. | 6 12 | 5 48 |
| 12 | 2 |Day inc. 2 28 m. | 6 11 | 5 49 |
| 13 | 3 | _now fine and_ | 6 10 | 5 50 |
| 14 | 4 |Ember Week. | 6 8 | 5 52 |
| 15 | 5 | _pleasant for_ | 6 7 | 5 53 |
| 16 | 6 | _the season;_ | 6 6 | 5 54 |
| 17 | 7 |St. =PATRICK.= | 6 4 | 5 56 |
| 18 | G |2d in Lent. | 6 3 | 5 57 |
| 19 | 2 | _then_ | 6 2 | 5 58 |
| 20 | 3 |Days 12 long. | 6 0 | 6 0 |
| 21 | 4 | _clouds_ | 5 59 | 6 1 |
| 22 | 5 | _and_ | 5 58 | 6 2 |
| 23 | 6 | _high winds_ | 5 56 | 6 4 |
| 24 | 7 |Days inc. 3 h. | 5 55 | 6 5 |
| 25 | G |Annunciation. | 5 54 | 6 6 |
| 26 | 2 | _with rain and_| 5 52 | 6 8 |
| 27 | 3 | _cold, but_ | 5 51 | 6 9 |
| 28 | 4 | _grows_ | 5 50 | 6 10 |
| 29 | 5 | _more_ | 5 48 | 6 12 |
| 30 | 6 | _moderate._ | 5 47 | 6 13 |
| 31 | 7 |Day 12 30 long. | 5 45 | 6 15 |
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| | [Moon] pl. | Aspects, &c. |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| 1 |[Aquarius] 3 | [Sextile] [Venus] [Mercury] _When_ |
| 2 | 15 | 7 *s set 12 0 |
| 3 | 27 | [Moon] w. [Mercury] _Reason_ |
| 4 |[Pisces] 9 | [Jupiter] sou. 7 25 |
| 5 | 21 | [Venus] sets 9 28 |
| 6 |[Aries] 4 | _preaches, if you_ |
| 7 | 17 | [Sextile] [Saturn] [Mercury] _won't_ |
| 8 |[Taurus] 0 | [Moon] w. [Venus] _hear her_ |
| 9 | 13 | [Mars] ri. 3 50 _she'll_ |
| 10 | 26 | [Trine] [Saturn] [Venus] _box your_ |
| 11 |[Gemini] 9 | Sirius so. 7 6. |
| 12 | 23 | [Opposition] [Saturn] [Jupiter] _Ears._ |
| 13 |[Cancer] 7 | [Moon] with [Jupiter] |
| 14 | 21 | [Saturn] rise 2 4 |
| 15 |[Leo] 6 | [Jupiter] set 2 9 |
| 16 | 21 | Sirius set 11 51 |
| 17 |[Virgo] 6 | [Mars] rise 3 43 |
| 18 | 21 | 7 *s set 11 4 |
| 19 |[Libra] 5 | [Conjunction] [Sun] [Mercury] Equal |
| 20 | 19 | [Sun] in [Aries] Day and |
| 21 |[Scorpio] 3 | [Quartile] [Saturn] [Mercury] Night. |
| 22 | 17 | [Sextile] [Mars] [Mercury] _It is not_ |
| 23 |[Sagittarius] 0 | [Quartile][Jupiter][Mercury] _Leisure_ |
| 24 | 12 | [Venus] sets 9 57 |
| 25 | 24 | [Quartile] [Sun] [Saturn] _that is_ |
| 26 |[Capricorn] 6 | [Moon] with [Saturn] _not_ |
| 27 | 18 | [Quartile] [Sun] [Jupiter] _used._ |
| 28 |[Aquarius] 0 | [Saturn] rise 1 17 |
| 29 | 12 | [Moon] with [Mars] |
| 30 | 24 | Sirius set 11 0 |
| 31 |[Pisces] 6 | [Jupiter] sets 1 15 |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
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=MARCH= hath XXXI Days.
D. H. -->
New [Moon] 4 11 aft.
First Q. 12 10 mor.
Full [Fullmoon] 19 1 mor.
Last Q. 26 at noon.
{12 [Scorpio] 7 Deg.
[Head] {22 6
{31 6
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| Planets Places. |
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+
| D. | [Sun] |[Saturn]|[Jupiter]|[Mars] |[Venus]|[Mercury]|[Moon]^sL.|
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+
| | [Pis.]| [Cap.] | [Can.] | [Cap.]| [Ari.]| [Pis.] | |
| 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 0 | N. 4 |
| 9 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 26 |[Tau.]4| 9 | S. 1 |
| 12 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| 17 | 27 | 5 | 6 |[Aqu.]2| 12 | 25 | 4 |
| 22 |[Ari.]2| 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | [Ari.] 6| N. 1 |
| 27 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 5 |
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+
[Illustration]
+----+----------+----------+----+------+
| D. |[Moon]rise|[Moon]sou:| T. | | -->
+----+----------+----------+----+ |
| 1 | 4 4 | 9 M 21 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | 4 44 | 10 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | Moon | 10 50 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | sets. | 11 34 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | A. | A. 17 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | 7 35 | 1 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | 8 35 | 1 51 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | 9 40 | 2 41 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | 10 39 | 3 30 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | 11 44 | 4 22 | 7 | 27 |
| 11 | 12 43 | 5 15 | 8 | 28 |
| 12 | M. 43 | 6 13 | 9 | Mar. |
| 13 | 1 36 | 7 10 | 10 | |
| 14 | 2 27 | 8 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 15 | 3 19 | 9 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 16 | 4 2 | 10 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | 4 42 | 10 58 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Moon | 11 54 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | rises | 12 44 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | A. | M. 44 | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | 9 3 | 1 37 | 4 | 10 |
| 22 | 10 12 | 2 30 | 5 | 11 |
| 23 | 11 15 | 3 24 | 6 | 12 |
| 24 | 12 4 | 4 12 | 7 | 13 |
| 25 | M. 4 | 5 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 26 | 0 43 | 5 49 | 8 | 15 |
| 27 | 1 29 | 6 38 | 9 | 16 |
| 28 | 2 12 | 7 24 | 10 | 17 |
| 29 | 2 47 | 8 10 | 11 | 18 |
| 30 | 3 21 | 8 54 | 11 | 19 |
| 31 | 3 50 | 9 38 | 12 | 20 |
+----+----------+----------+----+------+
of Fire turns once round in about twenty-five Days. This is
known by a Number of dusky Spots, which appear upon the Sun's
Face, so as to be seen sometimes with the naked Eye, when he
shines through a thin Cloud or Mist; but are always
observable with the Help of a Telescope, with a dark Glass
for the Security of the Eye. These Spots could not be visible
at the Distance of the Sun, if they were not as large as the
whole Earth; but such of them as appear of a considerable
Breadth, as they often do, must be still vastly larger. They
never continue long to make the same Appearance; but are
always rising and vanishing again. They are probably
Exhalations floating in the Sun's Atmosphere at some Distance
from his Body, or Masses of Cynder fallen from that
Atmosphere upon his Surface.