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Gresham 1606 : A new almanacke and prognostication for the yere of our Lord God 1606 Calculated and argued from the orbicall position of the other sixe prime-naturaall, ud moueable bodies, to & with this, wheron we inhabit, but more naturally to the plaine of this iland. Fitting in generall the whole: more especially the north partes thereof, and most particularly the scituation of the honorable cittie of Yorke. / By Edward Gresham.
Gresham, EdwardDate: [1606]
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An ephemeris, or, Almanack for the year of our Lord 1668 : being the bissextile or leap-year, and from the worlds creation at the spring 5671 years compleat ... : calculated properly for the famous universitie and town of Cambridge ... but may indifferently serve for any other place within this kingdome / by John Swan.
John SwanDate: 1667
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Mercurius philastrogus, or, An almanack shewing the coelestiall motions and the state of this yeare 1653 : being the first after bissextile or leap yeare : wherein (besides the common account used in England) is set down not onely the new account used beyond the seas but also the scripture calender of dayes & months used by the apostles and primitive Christians : with the foure quarterly revolutions and the eclipses of sun and moon ... : rectified to the ... pole artick ... [and] the latitude of the famous universitie of Cambridge / by Robert Nightingale.
Robert NightingaleDate: [1653]
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Ephemeris, or, A diary astronomical and astrological for the year of our Lord, 1677 : being the first after leap-year : with experiments & observations astrological, also something touching the noble country of Jamaica, and how to make this ephemeris serviceable to the West-Indies / by John Gadbury.
John GadburyDate: 1677
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The Oxford almanack for the year of our Lord God 1685.
Maurice WheelerDate: 1684
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Mathew, 1602 : an almanacke and prognostication for the yeare of our Lord, MDCII : being the second from the leap yeare / made and set forth according to arte, by William Mathew of Reigate in the county of Surry ... ; rectified for the meridian of Reigate, seruing most directly for the south parts, and generally for all England.
Mathew, William, active 1602-1614Date: [1602]
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Speculum anni à partu virginis or An almanack for the yeare of our Lord God 1643 : Being the third after bissextile, or leap-yeare: and for the worlds creation 5658, calculated properly for the famous universitie and town of Cambridge, where the pole is elevated 52 degr. 17 min.
Dove, JonathanDate: [1643]
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Merlinus anglicus junior, or, The starry messenger for the year of our redemption 1694, and from the creation, according to sacred writ, 5643, being the second after bissextile or leap year : wherein is contained, 1. Astronomical and meteorological observations, 2. 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, moon and stars, also her southing : together with many usefull 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 error) for any other part of Great Britain : to which is added monthly observations and astrological predictions (or conjectures) upon the whole year, &c. : also an ephemeris of the diurnal motions and aspects of the planets &c. the like (in all particulars) not extant.
Henry ColeyDate: 1694
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Pond : an almanack for the year of our Lord God 1686 ... fitted for the meridian of Saffron-Walden in Essex.
Edward PondDate: 1686
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Rose, 1673 : a new almanack for the year ... 1673 ... calculated for the meridian of the honorable city of London ... and may serve for any other part of the Kingdom / by George Rose.
Rose, George (Mathematician)Date: 1673
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Allestree 1621 : a new almanack and prognostication for this yeere of our Lord God 1621, being first from bissextile yeere : calculated, and properly referred to the longitude and sublimity of the pole Articke of the famous towne of Derby & may serue generally, for the most part of Great-Brittaine / by Richard Allestree.
Allestree, Richard, active 1617-1643Date: [1621]
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Perkins : A new almanack, for the year of our Lord God, 1681. Being the first after the bissextile, or leap-year, and from the worlds creation, according to sacred writ, 5630 years. Composed and chiefly referred to the famous city of London; but (without sensible error) may serve for any other place in Great Britain. Adorned with a compendious chronology of things worth remembrance, since the creation to this present year; as also, the weather, the moons rising and setting, with the high-wayes, &c. and many other useful things, proper for such a work. / Made, and set forth by F. Perkins.
Perkins, F. (Francis)Date: 1681
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An almanach for the yere M. D. LXII : made by maister Michael Nostradamus Doctour in Phisicke, of Salon of Craux in Prouance.
NostradamusDate: 1562
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Neve 1647 : a new almanack and prognostication,with the forraigne computation, serving for the yeare of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ 1647 : being the third after the bissextile or leap-yeare : in which you may behold the state of this year, 1647 : rectified for the elevation of the pole artick and meridian of the ancient and famous city of Norwich ... and will serve generally without sensible error for the Kingdome of Great Britttain [sic] / practised, penned, and published by John Neve.
Neve, John, active 17th century.Date: [1647]
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An ephemeris, or, Almanack for the yeare of our Lord 1657 : being the first after leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5661 ... : calculated properly for the meridian of Ickelton (that ancient town) in Cambridgeshire ... / by John Swan.
John SwanDate: 1656
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Merlini Anglici errata : Or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Master Lilly's new ephemeris for the yeare 1647. Discovered, refuted, and corrected. By C. George Wharton, student in astronomy.
Sir George Wharton, 1st BaronetDate: Printed in the yeare 1647. [i.e. 1646]
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The Protestant almanack for the year from the incarnation of Jesus Christ, 1684, our deliverence from popery by Queen Eliz. 125 : being the bissextile or leap-year ... : with the change of the moon, the rising and setting of the sun, some observable fairs, and the eclipses, together with the moons place in the zodiac, throughout each month of the year, calculated according to art, for the meridian of Babylon, where the Pope is elevated a hundred and fifty degrees above all reason, right, and religion, above kings, canons, councils, conscience, and every thing therein called God, 2 Thes. 2, and may without sensible error, indifferently serve the whole papacy / by Philoprotest, a well-wisher to the Mathematicks.
William WinstanleyDate: 1684
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Dade 1627 : a new almanacke and prognostication with the forraigne computation, in which you may behold the state of this yeere 1627, being the third after the leape yeere / by William Dade.
Dade, WilliamDate: [1627]
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Prædictio astrologica. The great and vvonderfull prognostication, for the yeare of our Lord 1598. Written by Rodulphus Grapheus Doctor of Phisick in the Towne of Deuenter. Translated out of Dutch into English by W. P.
Grapheuis, RodulphusDate: 1598
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Pond : an almanack for the year of our Lord God 1663: being the third after Leap year, and from the worlds creation according to the best account 5666 : amplified with many good things, both for pleasure and profit : and fitted for the meridian of Saffron-Walden in Essex, where the pole is elevated 52 degrees and six minutes above the horizon : whereunto are added the several fairs held in England each moneth this year.
Edward PondDate: 1663
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Gilden, 1631 : A new almanacke and prognostication for the yeere of our Lord. God 1631. Being the third from the bi[ssex?]tile, or leape yeere . Calculated and composed according to art, for the meridian and latitude of the towne of Shipston vpon Stowre in the county of Worcester. And may very well serve for all the south parts of Great Britaine. / By G. Gilden.
Gilden, G., active 1615-1632Date: [1631]
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1680 Apollo Anglicanus : the English Apollo: assisting all persons in the right understanding of this years revolution, as also of things past, present, and to come : with necessary tables plain and useful, a twofold kalendar, viz. Julian or English, Gregorian or foreign computations, more plain and full than any other ... being the bissextile or leap-year, to which is added certain brief and plain directions how to know the hour of the night by the stars with a new method of compound interest and annuities / by Richard Saunders.
Richard SaundersDate: 1680
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Olympia domata, or, An almanack and prognostication for the year of our Lord God 1684 : being the bissextile, or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5633 : wherein is contained the lunations, conjunctions and aspects of the planets ... : calculated according to art and referred to the horizon of the ancient and renowned borrough-town of Stamford ... fitting the middle counties of England, and without sensible errour the whole kingdom / by John Wing.
John WingDate: 1684
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Gallen. 1649 : A new almanack for the said year. Usefull for the kingdome of Great Britain: containing directions to such that use marts and fairs, also to travellers that coast the kingdome, with other notes of good consequence. Made by Tho: Gallen mathemat. Being the next after leap year.
Gallen, ThomasDate: [1649]
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Calendarium astrologicum, or, An almanack for the year of our Lord 1666 : containing the state of the year ... unto which is added a description of the most eminent roads in England, from town to town, and the certain time of any mart or fair, happening in any of them / by Thomas Trigge.
Thomas TriggeDate: 1666