Almanacs, English - Scotland - 17th century
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A new prognostication, for the year of our redemption, 1678, being the second after bissextile, or leap year : Most curiously and artificially calculated, for all north-Brittain, but more especially (and even according to every typographer's very bound duty) for the latitude and meridian of our most famous city of Bon-Accord. Which stands upon a pleasant lone, whose gallant dykes, are Dee and Done. / by A. R. A.M. an expert mathematician.
A. R. (Mathematician), active 1678.Date: 1678- Books
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A new prognostication for the year of our Lord God 1678 : Being the second after bissextile or leap year and from the creation of the world 5637. Wherein is contained the exact day, hour, and minut of the new moon, her full and quarters : with a description of the eclipses, the daily [illegible] of the weather, and moveable feasts, with the whole known fairs in Scotland. Exactly calculated according to art, for the meridian of the most famous city of Edinburgh. Whose latitude is 56 deg. 04 min, longitude is 21 deg. 50 min. / By an expert mathematician.
Date: Printed for the year, 1678- Books
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Prognostication for the year of our Lord, 1700, being bisextile or leap year, and from the creation of the world, 5649 : Exactly calculated for the good of the whole kingdom of ancient Scotland, but more especialy for the city of Edinburgh, the metropolitan of the kingdom. Whose latitude is 55 d. 54 m. ¹/₂ longitude is 11 d. 37 m. from Pico Tenereff. / John Man philo mathematicus.
Man, John, teacher of navigationDate: 1700