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Bowker, 1681 : an almanack for the year of our Lord God 1681 : being the first after bissextile or leap-year : containing the motions of the sun, moon, planets, and fixed stars, the aspects of the planets and inclination of the air, the time of high-water at London Bridge every day in the year, and also in 55 other ports and havens about England : with a brief chronology in a new mode, and divers other necessary rules, tables and directions pertinent to the compleating of a diary, or day-book, suitable to all mens occasions : calculated properly for the meridian of London, but may generally serve the two famous islands of Great Britain and Ireland / by James Bowker.

Previous: Nuncius coelestis: or, The starry messenger for the year of our redemption 1681. : And from the creation, according to Sacred Writ 5630. Being the first from the bissextile or leap-year. Wherein is contained (1) Astronomical and meteorological observations. (2) Astrological predictions of the state of the year, deduced according to art, from the solar ingresses, eclipses, various configurations, aspects and conjunctions of the planets. (3) The rising and setting of the sun and moon: also her southing; together with many useful rules and tables pertinent for such a work, accomodated to the meridian of London, which lies in the latitude of 51 deg. 32 min. North, but may indifferently serve (without sensible errour) for any other part of Great Britain. / By Henry Coley, student in the mathematicks and the coelestial science.
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London : Printed by Tho. James for the Company of Stationers, 1681.

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