| Item Description: | "In this almanack are contained these particulars: 1. A description of England and a general tide-table. 2. A chronology of memorable things. 3. The sun's rising, setting, length of the day & night, and his place in the ecliptick, and break of day. 4. The change, full and quarters of the moon, with the time that every planet meets with the moon. 5. Choice rules for husbandry and gardening. 6. Presidents for making bills, bonds, wills, leases &c. 7. Tables for interest of money and for the purchasing of lands or leases of houses. 8. To measure and set our land, -- 9. To guage vessels -- 10. To find the hour of the day by the sun."
Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. |
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