A new prognostication for the year of our blessed Lord 1681.: Being the first 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.

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A new prognostication for the year of our blessed Lord 1681.: Being the first 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.

Publication

Glasgow :: By Robert Sanders, Printer to the City and University, and are to be sold at his shop,

1681.

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Subject terms

Almanacs, Scottish.

Ephemerides.

Astrology

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"A new prognostication for the year of our blessed Lord 1681.: Being the first 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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A75159.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• A Computation of time, even to this Year 1681.
• Common Notes and moveable Feasts this year 1681.
• Four Eclipses this year Two of the Sun, and two of the Moon.
• A full Description of the four Quarters of the year 1681.
• The changes of the Moon, with the disposition of the Weather, for this year 1681.
  • Xxxj. Ianuary begins on Saterday.
  • Xxvjjj. February begins on Tuesday.
  • Xxxj. March begins on Tuesday.
  • Xxx. April begins on Friday.
  • Xxxj. May begins on Sunday.
  • Xxx. Iune begins on Wedensday.
  • Xxxj. Iuly begins on Fryday.
  • Xxxj. August begins on Munday.
  • Xxx. September begins on Thursday.
  • Xxxj. October begins on Saturday.
  • Xxx. November begins on Tuesday.
  • Xxxj. December begins on Thursday.
• The Dismal or perillous days of the year.
• Astronomical Observations of Erra Pater, for this present Year 1681.
• Doctor Mirry-mans Physick.
• Vulgar Nots and Observations, to know when the Moon riseth or setteth, 1681.