Olympia domata or An almanack for the year of our Lord God 1685 : Being the first after bissextile or leap-year, and from the worlds creation 5634. Wherein is contained the lunations, conjunctions and aspects of the planets, the increase, decrease and length of the day and night, with the rising, southing and setting of the planets, and fixed stars throughout the year, whereby may be known the true 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 borrough town of Stamford, whose longitude is 23 deg. 50 minutes. Latitude 52 deg. 40 min. fitting all the middle counties of England, and without sensible errour the whole kingdom. By John Wing, Math.

  • Wing, John, 1643-1726
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1685
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Olympia domata
Almanack for the year of our Lord God 1685.
Wing. A prognostication, for the year of our Lord God 1685.

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Cambridge : printed by John Hayes, printer to the University, 1685.

Physical description

48 unnumbered pages : illustrations

References note

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) A2776.

Notes

First two words of title in Greek characters.
Title page printed in red and black.
"Wing. A prognostication, for the year of our Lord God 1685" has separate dated title page; register is continuous.
Signatures: A-C.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1803:28) s1999 miun s

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