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Merlinus liberatus. Being an almanack for the year of our redemption, 1752. Being Bissextile, or Leap-Year. And from the Creation of the World, according to the best History, 5701. And the 60th of our Deliverance by K. William. from Popery, and Arbitrary Government. But the 56th from the Horrid, Popish, High-Church, Jacobite Plot. Wherein is contain'd all Things fitting and useful for such a Work, as an Ephemeris of the Daily Motion of the Planets, with their Various Configurations, Aspects, Conjunctions, Lunations, Eclipses, Astronomical, Astrological Meteorological Observations, the Rising and Setting of the Sun, Moon, Planets and fixed Stars, Illustrated with Tables of the Tides, Terms, and Daily Equation of Clocks, Length and Break of Day, &c. Also Philosophical Dissertations on the Computation of Time, Creation and Stellary Influence. To which is prefix'd, The Protestant Remembrancer being an account of the Wicked, Horrid, Popish Plots against the Protestants. Calculated for the Meridian of London, Whose Longitude Latitude is 24 51 Degrees 20 32 Minutes. By John Partridge.
Partridge, John, 1644-1715.Date: [1752]- Books
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Merlinus liberatus. Being an almanack for the year of our redemption 1745. Being the First after Bissextile or Leap-Year. And from the Creation of the World, according to the best of Prophane History, 5694. And the 56th of our Deliverance by K. William, from Popery, and Arbitrary Government. But the 49th from the Horrid, Popish, High-Church, Jacobite Plot. In which are contain'd the diurnal Motions of the Planets, Conjunctions, Lunations, Eclipses, more large and exact than any other of this Kind. Astrological Observations on the Twelve Months, and on the four Quarters of the Year, Terms, Equation of Clocks, the true Times of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Moon, with other Things fit for such a Work. To which is prefix'd, The Protestant Remembrancer continued. Calculated and referr'd to the Meridian of London, Whose Latitude is 510 32' North. By John Partridge.
Partridge, John, 1644-1715.Date: [1745]- Books
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The British telescope: being an ephemeris of the coelestial motions. With an almanack for the year of our Lord 1740, And of the Julian Period 6453. It being Bissextile or Leap-Year. Containing both the Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Motions of the Planets, together with their Latitudes and Aspects, both Mutual and Lunar. Amplify'd with Astrological Observations Upon the four Quarters of the Year, the Eclipses, and other material Configurations of the Planets; being furnished with diverse useful Tables, too numerous to be here specified, and all other Necessaries fit and commodious for such a Work. Calculated according to Art, and referred to the Meridian of London, Metropolis of Great-Britain, but to the Latitude of 53 Degrees North, from New Tables never yet published; which are so correct and fit for Navigation, that the Longitude by Help thereof may be discovered to one Degree. The eighteenth impression. By Edmund Weaver, Licensed Physician, and Student in the Coelestial Science.
Weaver, Edmund, -1748.Date: [1740]- Books
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The British diary: being an ephemeris for the year of our Lord God 1740. ... By John Sharp, ...
Sharp, John, -1757.Date: [1740]- Books
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Olympia Dōmata; or, an almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1745. ... Being the first after Bissextile, or Leap-Year. And from the World's Creation, 5749. Wherein is contained the Lunations, Conjunctions, Aspects, and Effects of the Planets; the Increase, Decrease, and Length of the Days and Nights; with the Rising, Southing, and Setting of the Planets and fixed Stars throughout the Year; whereby may be known the exact Hour of the Night at all times, when either the Moon or Stars are seen. Calculated according to Art, and referred to the Horizon of the ancient and renowned Borough-Town of Stamford (formerly a famous University) whose Latitude is 52 deg. 40 min. fitting all the middle Counties of England, and without sensible Error the whole Kingdom. By Tycho Wing, Philomath.
Wing, Tycho, 1696-1750.Date: [1745]