Part 52 (1/2)
=NOVEMBER= hath x.x.x Days.
+----------------------------------------------+ D. H. | Planets Places.
First Q. 2 6 aft. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ Full ? 10 8 aft. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL Last Q. 17 7 aft. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ New ? 24 8 aft. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | 1| 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 15 | N. 5 { 12 ? 27 Deg | 6| 14 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 23 | 3 ? { 22 27 |12| 20 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 17 | ? 2 | S. 3 { 30 26 |17| 25 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 5 |22| ? 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 |27| 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | ? 6 | 24 | N. 5 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+
[Ill.u.s.tration]
+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? sets | ? sou. | T. | | --> |--+----------+----------+----+------+ | 1| 10 45 | 5 29 | 8 | 21 | | 2| 11 44 | 6 15 | 9 | 22 | | 3| 12 40 | 7 0 | 10 | 23 | | 4| M. 40 | 7 44 | 10 | 24 | | 5| 1 35 | 8 27 | 11 | 25 | | 6| 2 30 | 9 10 | 12 | 26 | | 7| 3 21 | 9 53 | 12 | 28 | | 9| Moon | 11 25 | 2 | 29 | |10| rises | 12 14 | 3 | 30 | |11| A. | M. 14 | 3 | 31 | |12| 6 37 | 1 6 | 4 | Nov. | |13| 7 32 | 2 4 | 5 | | |14| 8 33 | 3 1 | 6 | 3 | |15| 9 39 | 3 56 | 6 | 4 | |16| 10 48 | 4 51 | 7 | 5 | |17| 11 58 | 5 43 | 8 | 6 | |18| Morn. | 6 35 | 9 | 7 | |19| 1 4 | 7 26 | 10 | 8 | |20| 2 6 | 8 16 | 11 | 9 | |21| 3 15 | 9 8 | 12 | 10 | |22| 4 25 | 10 0 | 1 | 11 | |23| Moon | 10 55 | 1 | 12 | |24| sets | 11 50 | 2 | 13 | |25| A | A. 42 | 3 | 14 | |26| 6 34 | 1 34 | 4 | 15 | |27| 7 31 | 2 27 | 5 | 16 | |28| 8 23 | 3 19 | 6 | 17 | |29| 9 25 | 4 4 | 7 | 18 | |30| 10 20 | 4 49 | 7 | 19 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+
of his Body is seen round the Moon like a s.h.i.+ning Ring. But, if the Moon happens to come between the Earth and Sun, when she is at her least Distance from the Earth, she appears then so large as to cover the whole Face of the Sun, and makes, for some Minutes, a Darkness equal to that of Twilight. When the Earth comes exactly between the Sun and the Moon, she darkens a Part of the Whole of the Moon's Face, and makes an Eclipse of the Moon. The Earth being a Body about thirty or forty Times larger than the Moon, casts a Shadow large enough to eclipse the Moon, if her Diameter were three Times greater than it is, whereas the Shadow of the Moon can never eclipse the whole Face of the Earth together. If the Moon revolved round the Earth in the same Plane as the Earth goes round the Sun, there would be constantly an Eclipse of the Sun every New, and of the Moon every full Moon. But to prevent this Inconvenience, the Author of Nature has ordered Matters so, that the Course of the Moon round the Earth is sometimes above and sometimes below that of the Earth round the Sun, so that their Shadows generally miss one another. These Motions are so exactly regulated, that Astronomers can foretel Eclipses to Minutes at an hundred Years Distance, than which there is not a more remarkable Instance either of human Sagacity, or of the Truth of that Expression of [Scripture]
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=DECEMBER.= _XII Month._
Perfection on Perfection tow'ring high, Glory on Glory rais'd, and Joy on Joy, Each Pow'r improving in the bright'ning Mind, To humble Virtues, lofty Knowledge join'd; Be this my highest Aim, howe'er I soar, Before thy Footstool prostrate to adore, My brightest Crown before thy Feet to lay, My Pride to serve, my Glory to obey.
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+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | | | Remark. days, &c. |? ris|? set|? pl.| Aspects, &c.
+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | 1|7|Day 9 24 long. |7 19 |4 41 |? 27 | _The discontented_ | 2|G|Advent Sunday. |7 19 |4 41 |? 9 | ? sou. 10 32 | 3|2| _Cold and_ |7 20 |4 40 | 21 | _Man finds no_ | 4|3|Days dec. 5 30. |7 20 |4 40 |? 3 | _easy Chair._ | 5|4| _raw, then_ |7 21 |4 39 | 15 | Sirius rise 8 41 | 6|5|Days 9 18 long. |7 22 |4 38 | 27 | ? ? ? ? ? ?
| 7|6| _more pleasant,_ |7 22 |4 38 |? 10 | ? rises 5 0 | 8|7|Concep. V. M. |7 23 |4 37 | 23 | ? ? ? ? ? ?
| 9|G|2d in Advent. |7 23 |4 37 |? 7 | 7 *s sou. 10 28 |10|2| |7 24 |4 36 | 21 | _Virtue and a_ |11|3|Days 9 12 long. |7 24 |4 36 |? 5 | _Trade, are_ |12|4| _frost and_ |7 24 |4 36 | 19 | ? rise 9 1 |13|5|St. Lucy. |7 24 |4 36 |? 3 | Sirius rise 8 7 |14|6|Days decr. 5 40 |7 25 |4 35 | 17 | ? with ? _a_ |15|7| _flying clouds,_|7 25 |4 35 |? 2 | ? ? ? _Child's_ |16|G|3d in Advent. |7 25 |4 35 | 16 | 7 *s sou. 9 56 |17|2| _then more_ |7 25 |4 35 |? 0 | ? sou. 9 14 |18|3| _moderate_ |7 25 |4 35 | 14 | ? rises 5 23 |19|4|Ember Week. |7 25 |4 35 | 28 | _best Portion._ |20|5| _and clear,_ |7 25 |4 35 |? 12 | _Gifts much_ |21|6|St. =THOMAS.= |7 25 |4 35 | 25 | ? in ? Shor. D |22|7|Days 9 10 long. |7 25 |4 35 |? 8 | ? ? ? ? ? ?
|23|G|4th in Advent. |7 25 |4 35 | 21 | Sirius rises 7 23 |24|2| _but windy,_ |7 25 |4 35 |? 4 | ? with ? & ?
|25|3|=CHRIST= born. |7 25 |4 35 | 17 | ? ? ? _expected,_ |26|4|St. =STEPHEN.= |7 25 |4 35 | 29 | _are paid,_ |27|5|St. =JOHN.= |7 25 |4 35 |? 11 | ? rise 7 51 |28|6|=INNOCENTS.= |7 25 |4 35 | 23 | 7 *s sou. 9 0 |29|7|Days 9 10 long. |7 25 |4 35 |? 5 | ? ? ? _not_ |30|G| _cold and cloudy._|7 24 |4 36 | 17 | ? ? ? _given._ |31|2|Silvester. |7 24 |4 36 | 29 | Sirius rise 6 48 +--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+
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=DECEMBER= hath x.x.xI Days.
+----------------------------------------------+ D. H. | Planets Places First Q. 2 4 aft. +----------------+-----------+---------+-------+ Full ? 10 8 mor. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL.
Last Q. 17 5 mor. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ New ? 24 10 mor. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | 2| 11 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 1 | N. 4 {12 ? 25 Deg | 7| 16 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 7 | S. 1 ? {22 24 |12| 21 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 5 {31 23 |17| 26 | 7 | 17 | 17 | ? 1 | 12 | 2 |22| ? 1 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 8 | N. 3 |27| 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+
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+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? sets | ? sou. | T. | | --> +--+----------+----------+----+------+ | 1| 11 20 | 5 30 | 8 | 20 | | 2| 12 14 | 6 10 | 9 | 21 | | 3| M. 14 | 6 54 | 9 | 22 | | 4| 1 7 | 7 38 | 10 | 23 | | 5| 2 6 | 8 21 | 11 | 24 | | 6| 3 0 | 9 4 | 12 | 25 | | 7| 4 0 | 9 54 | 12 | 26 | | 8| 5 0 | 10 43 | 1 | 27 | | 9| Moon | 11 40 | 2 | 28 | |10| rises | 12 36 | 3 | 29 | |11| A. | M. 36 | 3 | 30 | |12| 7 17 | 1 36 | 4 | Dec. | |13| 8 20 | 2 30 | 5 | | |14| 9 30 | 3 24 | 6 | 3 | |15| 10 50 | 4 18 | 7 | 4 | |16| 11 53 | 5 11 | 8 | 5 | |17| 12 55 | 6 2 | 9 | 6 | |18| M. 55 | 6 53 | 9 | 7 | |19| 1 59 | 7 44 | 10 | 8 | |20| 3 8 | 8 36 | 11 | 9 | |21| 4 12 | 9 28 | 12 | 10 | |22| 5 10 | 10 20 | 1 | 11 | |23| Moon | 11 12 | 2 | 12 | |24| sets | A. 4 | 3 | 13 | |25| A. | 12 53 | 3 | 14 | |26| 6 59 | 1 42 | 4 | 15 | |27| 7 58 | 2 27 | 5 | 16 | |28| 8 53 | 3 11 | 6 | 17 | |29| 9 52 | 3 55 | 6 | 18 | |30| 10 49 | 4 39 | 7 | 19 | |31| 11 45 | 5 21 | 8 | 20 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+
Scripture, ”That the Works of G.o.d are all made in Number, Weight and Measure.” It is certain, by Observations made with good Telescopes, that, though the Face of the Moon is covered with innumerable Inequalities like the Mountains upon the Earth, there is no great Collection of Waters upon it, like our Oceans; nor is there any Reason, from her Appearance through those Instruments, to suppose she has any such Appendage belonging to her as our Atmosphere of Air. If the Moon is inhabited (as she may for any Thing we know) those who live on one Side or Hemisphere never can see our World, and those who live on the other can never lose Sight of it, except when the Earth comes between them and the Sun, as she keeps always one Side turned towards us. Those who live about the middle Parts of the Hemisphere that looks towards the Earth, must see it always directly over their Heads with much the same Appearances as the Moon makes to us, sometimes horned, sometimes half, and sometimes wholly illuminated, but of a vastly greater Bulk than the Moon appears to us. It seems highly probable, that the Attraction of the Moon acting more strongly upon the Fluid than the solid Parts of our Terraqueous Globe is the Cause of our Tides, as they answer so exactly to her Motions and Distances from us, and other Circ.u.mstances. To enter upon that Theory, however, would be beside my present Purpose.
[_Remainder in our next._]
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=ECLIPSES=, 1753.
This Year there will be four Eclipses, two of the _Sun_, and two of the _Moon_.