Cosmographia, or, A view of the terrestrial and cœlestial globes in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid geometry applied to surveying and gauging of cask : the doctrine of primum mobile : with an account of the Juilan & Gregorian calendars, and the computation of the places of the sun, moon, and fixed stars ... : to which is added an introduction unto geography / by John Newton ...
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Cosmographia, or, A view of the terrestrial and cœlestial globes in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid geometry applied to surveying and gauging of cask : the doctrine of primum mobile : with an account of the Juilan & Gregorian calendars, and the computation of the places of the sun, moon, and fixed stars ... : to which is added an introduction unto geography / by John Newton ...
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Newton, John, 1622-1678.
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London :: Printed for Thomas Passinger ...,
1679.
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Geometry -- Early works to 1800.
Calendar -- Early works to 1800.
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
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"Cosmographia, or, A view of the terrestrial and cœlestial globes in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid geometry applied to surveying and gauging of cask : the doctrine of primum mobile : with an account of the Juilan & Gregorian calendars, and the computation of the places of the sun, moon, and fixed stars ... : to which is added an introduction unto geography / by John Newton ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52257.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2025.
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1. Example.
I desire to know at what time in the Turkish
Account, the fifth of Iune in the year of our
Lord 1640. doth fall.
The Julian years complete are 1648, and are
thus turned into days, by the Table of days in
Julian years.
1000 Julian years give days
365250
600 Julian years give days▪
219150
40 Julian years give days
14610
8 Years give days
2922
May complete
151
Days
5
The Sum is
602088
Now because the Turkish Account began Iuly
16. Anno Christi. 622. you must convert these
years into days also.
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600 Julian years give days
219150
20 Years give days
7305
1 Year giveth days
365
Iune complete
181
Days
15
The Sum is
227016
Which being substracted from
602088
There resteth days
375072
900 Turkish years give days
318930
There resteth
56142
02987
152
4
150 Turkish years give days
53155
There resteth
56142
02987
152
4
8 Turkish years give days
2835
There resteth
56142
02987
152
4
Giumadi. 4.
148
There resteth
56142
02987
152
4
Therefore the fifth of Iune 1649. in our En∣glish
Account doth fall in the year 1058. of Ma∣homet,
or the Turkish Hegira, the fourth day of
the moneth Giumadi. 11
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