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Rudston. 1609 : a double almanacke and prognostication for the yeare of our redemption .1609 being the first from leape yeare. : Rec[tifi]ed appropriately for the paralell of our Cantabrigian clime but like indifferently seruing for the middle partes of this whole monarchie of great Britaine ... / By Thomas Rudston phylomathem.
Rudston, Thomas, active 1606-1613Date: [1609]
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Rose, 1681 : A new almanack for the year from the nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1681. being the first from bissextile, or leap-year. And from the creation of the world, 5631. Calculated for the meridian of the honourable city of London, whose latitude is 51. degrees 32. minuts [sic], and may serve for any other part of England. / By George Rose mathem.
Rose, George (Mathematician)Date: 1681
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A new prognostication for the year of our blessed Lord 1678 : Being the second after leap-year. Containing the moveable feasts: the eclipses the four quarters of the year: the changes of the moon, with the disposition of the weather. The dismal dayes. And the whole known fairs of Scotland. With other observations. Serving most fitly for the most part of the Kingdom of Scotland, but more especially for our city of Glasgow, where the pole is elevated 55. deg. 55. min. At Aberdene by an expert mathematician.
Date: 1678
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Ponde. 1606 : A president for prognosticators. A new almanacke for this present yeare of our Lord God. MDCVI. Being the second after the leape yeare. Calculated for the latitude and meridian of the auncient shire towne of Essex called Chelmes-ford: And generally for al Greate Britaine, amplyfied with new additions, / By Edward Pond.
Pond, Edward, -1629Date: [1606]
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Langley 1648 : a new almanack and prognostication for this present year, being bissextile or leap-year, contriving the state of the year with many excellent notes and rules of good consequence, rectified for the meridian of the famous mayer towne of Shrewsbury, and generally for all the north west parts of Great Britaine / by T. Langley.
Langley, ThomasDate: [1648]
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Poor Robin : 1690. An almanack of the old and new fashion. Wherein the reader may see (if he put on a pair of understanding spectacles) many remarkable things worthy of his choicest observation. Containing a twofold kalendar; viz. the Julian, English, or old account, and the roundheads, fanaticks, paper-scull'd, or maggot-headed new account, with their several saints-days, and observations upon every month. Being the second after bissextile or leap-year. Written by Poor Robin, knight of the Burnt-Island, a well-willer to the mathematicks.
Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698Date: 1690
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Fly. An almanack for the year of our Lord God 1701. ... Calculated for the meridian of Kings-Lynn, ...
Fly.Date: 1701
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An ephemeris for the year of our Lord God, 1681 : Being the first after leap-year. With astrological predictions, and prognostications / by Richard Kirby.
Kirby, Richard, 1649-Date: 1681
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Lighterfoote 1607 : A new almanacke and prognostication for the yeare of our Lord God, 1607. being the third [from leap year] and from the creation of the world, 5569. / Calculated ... Lighterfoote gentleman, student in astronomie and astrologie, and a general welwiller to the mathematical sciences. [Rectified] for the [meridian] of the famous citie of London, where the pole Artick is eleuated 51. degrees and 32. minutes. And generally seruing all this monarchy of great Britaine.
Lighterfoote, Richard, active 1607Date: [1607]
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Browne. 1620 : A new almanacke and prognostication for the yeare of our Lord God, 1620. Being bissextile or leape yeare. Composed and referred to the paralell and meridian of the citty of Chester, where the pole is mounted aboue the horizon 54. degrees, and may serue without sensible error, the west parts of Great-Britaine. Amplified with many necessary instructions, and profitable rules. By Daniel Browne, well willer to the mathematickes. Cum priuilegio.
Browne, Daniel, active 1614-1631Date: [1620]
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The London almanack : For the year of our Lord, 1700. For the year of the world, 5700. For the year of His Majesties reign, 12. Containing I. The moon's rising, setting and southing. II. The time of high water at London-Bridge. III. The exact high water in 110 other ports. IV. The Roman account fitted to our months. V. The sun's rising and setting every day. VI. The length of the day and night. VII. The increase and decrease of the days. VIII. The regulation of pendulum clocks. IX. Choice medicinal observations. X. The eclipses of the luminaries. XI. The mutual aspects and lunar appulses. XII. Metrical observations with other things of material consequence. By William Salmon, M.D. living by Black-Friars Stairs, [sic].
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: 1700
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Merlinus Anglicus junior: or the starry messenger for the year of our redemption, 1702. ... By Henry Coley, ...
Coley, Henry, 1633-1695?.Date: 1702
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The New-England almanack for the year of our Lord, 1686, and of the world, 5635, since the planting of Massachusets Colony in New-England, 58, since the found of Harv. Coll., 44 : whereof the golden number, epact and cycle of the sun are 15 and the dominicall letters Cb being an account the third from leap year. Kindly offering unto its country a partcular prospect of the places of the planets, with the new-moons and other caelestial configurations and principall aspects, as also to the moons latitude ... with a brief register of severall memorable events of providence in New-England. / by S.D. Philomath.
Danforth, Samuel, 1626-1674Date: A. D. 1686
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Woodhouse, 1628 : an almanacke or prognostication for the yeere of our Redemption, 1628, being the bissextile or leape yeare : contayning sundry rules, notes and directions, necessary for most sorts of men, seruing indifferently for all this kingdome of Great Britaine, but more specially for the ancient citie of Chichester, and the southerne parts / by Iohn Woodhouse philomath.
Woodhouse, JohnDate: [1628]
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Merlini Anglici ephemeris : astrologicall predictions for the year 1655. / By William Lilly, student in astrology.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: 1655
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Browne. 1623 : A new almanacke and prognostication, for the yeare of our Lord God, 1623. being the third after leape-yeare. Composed [and] referred to the paralell and meridian of the famous city of London, and may well serue all the south parts of Great-Britaine. by Daniel Browne Philomathemat and somtime a scholler of Christ Church, in the honourable city of London. Cum priuilegio.
Browne, Daniel, active 1614-1631Date: [1623]
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Tulley 1695. An almanack for the year of our Lord MDCXCV : being third after leap-year and from the creation 5644. Wherein is contained astronomical observations from the suns ingress into Aries, and the other cardinal points, with an account of the eclipses, conjunctions, and other configurations of the celestial bodies. To which is added, an account of the cruelty of the papists acted upon the bodies of some of the godly martyers. Calculated for and fitted to the meridian of Boston in New England where the North Pole is elevated 42 gr. 30 min. But may indifferently serve any part of New England / by John Tulley.
Tulley, John, 1638-1701Date: 1695
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Merlinus anonymus : An Almanack, and no almanack. A kalendar, and no kalendar. An ephemeris (betwixt jest, and earnest) for this present year 1655. Being besse sextile or leap year. Containing many chronological concavities, monethly observations, Scoganicol annotations, and Tarltonical predictions of the state of great Brittain, and all Europe in general. Of the two ominous eclipses, this year visible in our horizon, the one by the interposition of the sun betwixt the moon and the earth, the other at the moons ingress into Libra. The mutual aspects of the twelve signs, as they are seated in Lillies Almanack, also a tide table, and some spagitical schemes, not to be found in Bullialdus or Durca. Also, a dogmatical diary, very useful for court, city, and country, which other crotchets of most copious contrivance: intended especially for the horizon of Saint James es [sic], Clerkenweel, where the pole is elevated from that of Grubstreet, 3947 cubits, and may indifferently (id est, so, so,) serve for all clymats, countries, and continents, and the most un-inhabitable parts of the earth. / By Raphael Desmus.
Sheppard, S. (Samuel)Date: 1655
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Dade. 1615 : A new almanacke and prognostication, with the forraigne computation; in which you may behold the state of this yeare of our Lord God, 1615. Being the third from leape-yeare. / Made and set forth by William Dade gentleman, practicioner in phisicke.
Dade, WilliamDate: [1615]
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Browne. 1626 : A new almanacke and prognostication, for the yeare of our Lord God, 1626. being the second from bissextile. The exact rising ahd setting of the sun, vnder the latitude of 51 degrees, 34 minutes, the true meridian of the famous citie of London. Composed and properly referred to the longitude and latitude of the pole artick of that famous City of London, and may serue generally for the most part of Great-Britaine. By Daniel Browne [contemplater in art and Mathe]maticis, and teacher of arighmeticke and geometry, and sometime a [...] to Christ-Church in London: that dwelleth at Cricklad in Wiltshire.
Browne, Daniel, active 1614-1631Date: [1626]
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Urania practica : or, Practical astronomie : in VII parts, containing, I. An explanation of the vulgar notes used every year, with the order how to finde them for ever, in the Iulian and Gregorian accompts, both arithmetically and by new invented tables. II. An ephemeris for 19 years, beginning anno 1648, and ending anno 1667: ... III. An astrologicall treatise, shewing how to erect a figure, to judge of the effects of eclipses, and to finde the time when, and the place where, their effects will be most predominant. IV. The doctrine of the sphear or globe. V. An abreviate of geographie, ... VI. Divers astronomicall tables of the altitude, azimuth, amplitude, ... of the sun and fixed stars, ... VII. The true and perfect description and use of the globes, ... both geographicall and astronomicall. Unto which is added (for the benefit of sea-men) diverse rules and tables, of extraordinary use in navigation. All which rules, tables, and calculations, have been compared with the best approved authors and observations, and made more compendious then any hitherto bin publish- [sic] Nothing of this nature being extant in the English tongue. Calculated for the meridian of London. / By Vincent Wing, and Will. Leybourn, practitioners in the mathematicks.
Wing, Vincent, 1619-1668Date: 1652
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Mathew, 1613 : a new almanacke and prognostication, for the yeare of our Lord God, 1613, being first from the leape yeare / made and set forth according [to] arte, by William Mathevv.
Mathew, William, active 1602-1614Date: [1613]
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1661. The scripture-kalendar : in use by the prophets and apostles, and by our Lord Jesus Christ (with our vulgar almanack:) explaining the accounts, measures, weights, coyns, customs, and language of God's ancient people, and of primitive Christians with I. A preface shewing the need, life, and benefit hereof, II. The heathen and scripture names, order of days and months, and why sabbaths lectures are hereput ... / by a servant of Jesus Christ.
Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663Date: 1661
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Fly. 1681 : An almanack for the year of our Lord God. 1681 Being the first after bissextile, or Leap-year. And from the creation of the world, 5682. Calculated for the meridian of Kings-Lynn, where the pole is elevated, 52 deg. 43 min. above the horizon, and may very well serve for any other part of England.
FlyDate: 1681
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Rivers 1630 : A new almanacke for the yeare since the nativitie of our Saviour MDCXXX, [being the third after leap-yeare.] Calculated for the famous vniversitie and towne of Cambridge; and may generally serve for the whole isle of Great Britain. / [By Peregrine Rivers].
Rivers, PeregrineDate: 1630..