The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America ... with new maps of every place : together with astronomical tables, which will serve as a constant diary or calendar, for the use of the English inhabitants in those islands, from the year 1686 to 1700 : also a table by which ... you may know what hour it is in any of those parts, and how to make sun-dials fitting for all those places.
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- The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America ... with new maps of every place : together with astronomical tables, which will serve as a constant diary or calendar, for the use of the English inhabitants in those islands, from the year 1686 to 1700 : also a table by which ... you may know what hour it is in any of those parts, and how to make sun-dials fitting for all those places.
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- Blome, Richard, d. 1705.
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- 1687.
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"The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America ... with new maps of every place : together with astronomical tables, which will serve as a constant diary or calendar, for the use of the English inhabitants in those islands, from the year 1686 to 1700 : also a table by which ... you may know what hour it is in any of those parts, and how to make sun-dials fitting for all those places." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28398.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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A Table shewing the Prime or Golden Number, the Dominical (or Sunday Letter,) and the Moveable Feasts from the Year 1686, to the Year 1700.
| Years of our Lord. | Pr. or Go. Nu. | Dom. or Sun. Let. | Shrove Sunday. | Easter Day. | Ascension Day. | Whit-Sunday. | Advent Sunday. |
| 1686 | 15 | C | Feb. 14 | Apr. 4 | May 13 | May 2•• | No. 28 |
| 1687 | 16 | B | 6 | Ma. 27 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 1688 | 17 | A C | 25 | Ap. 15 | 24 | Jun. 3 | Dec. 2 |
| 1689 | 18 | F | 10 | Ma. 31 | 9 | May 19 | 1 |
| 1690 | 19 | E | Mar. 2 | Ap. 20 | 29 | Jun. 8 | No. 30 |
| 1691 | 1 | D | Feb. 22 | 12 | 21 | May 3 | 29 |
| 1692 | 2 | C B | 6 | Ma. 27 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 1693 | 3 | A | 26 | Ap. 16 | 25 | Jun. 4 | Dec. 3 |
| 1694 | 4 | G | 18 | 8 | 17 | May 27 | 2 |
| 1695 | 5 | F | 3 | Ma 24 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| 1696 | 6 | E D | 22 | Ap. 12 | 21 | 31 | No. 29 |
| 1697 | 7 | C | 14 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 28 |
| 1698 | 8 | B | Mar. 6 | 24 | Jun. 2 | Jun. 12 | 27 |
| 1699 | 9 | A | Feb. 19 | 9 | May 28 | May 18 | Dec. 3 |
The Vse of this Table.
TO find the Moveable Feasts for any Year, seek the Year in the first Row (or Column) of the Table, and in the same Line you shall have your desire. — Example; In the Year 1686, find 1686 in the first Column, and against it in the same Line you have 15 for the Epact. C for the Dominical (or Sunday Letter.) February 14 for Shrove Sun∣day. April 4 for Easter-day. May 13 for Ascersion-day. May 23 for Whit-Sunday. November 28 for Ad∣vent-Sunday. And so for any other Year, till 1700.