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A prognostication for the year 1645 wherein is contained a description of the foure quarters of the year : and also are described the constellations and stars, not onely pleasant but profitable : calculated for the meridian of Brumicham / by Nath. Nye ...
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Nye, Nathaniel, b. 1624.
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a walking staffe divided into 10 equall parts THe use of this Table following is to find the true hour the day by the shadow of a waâking staffe being first ââded into 10 parts and every one of those parts dividen into more parts and so is your staffe divided into 100 paâââ Wherewith if you destre to know the true houre of the any it upright and mark the length of the shadow with the ãâã of your staffe find the number of those parâs in the Tâââ following right against the day of the Moneth and on the you have the true houre of the day Example I desire the houre of the day upon the 20 of Day thereââ set up my staffe and find the length of the shadow to conââ 14 parts wherefore I look in my Table for May and the âay and in that line towards the right hand I find 14 ãâã over it in the head of the Table I find 4 and 8 which is ãâã houre of the day either 4 aftern or 8 morn Note that thâ lessér divisions are also set down in the Table and are to usââ if need require especially about midday Table to find the true houre of the day by a staffe divided into 10 equall parts ââfore noon âfter noon 10  ne â0 23 â0 4 July â0 13 â0 24  â0 3 August â0 13 â0 24  â0 3 September â0 13 â8 24 â0 1 October â0 11 â0 23 â0 1 November â0 11 â0 23 20 3 Deâââ  10 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 6 6  7 5 10 13 19 30 57 5 7 6 2 7 6 10 13 19 31 59 6 6 6 5 8 0 11 14 20 32 64 6 4 7  8 4 11 15 22 35 80 7  7 5 9  12 16 24 40 109 7 8 8 3 9 8 13 17 26 48 194 8 7 9  11  14 19 30 62  10  10 6 12 4 16 23 37 96  11  12  14  18 27 47 189  13  14  16  21 31 63   15  16  19  25 39 99   17  18  21  29 48 173   20  201  25  36 66 202   24  25  31  47 107   28  30  37  59 296   32  35  44  77 732  37  40  52  100   40  43  58  122   41  44  60  131   A short description of the foure Quartâââ of this Yeer 1645. Of the Spring THe beginning of the Spring hapneth this yeer upon the ãâã March at 3 a clock in the morning at which moment thâ ãâã enters â making the day and nighâ of equall length thrâââ all the world except under both the Poles this quarter lastâ ãâã the â runs through these three Signes â â and â the space ãâã dayes and 4 houres Of the Sommer The Sommer begins at the Suns entrance into the first min. Northern and Tropicall signe â on the 11 day of Iune at 71â in the morning the dayes being at the longest with us at Birââ about 16 houres and quarters this season continueth while ãâã passeth through these three Signes â â and â the space ãâã dayes 15 hou and 7 min. Of Harvest Harvest begins when the Sun enters into the first min. of â hapneth this yeer upon the 13 of September half an houre beâââ midnight the dayes and nights being equall and as temperatâ the Spring This Quarter hath his period at the Suns departuââ the last min. of â a Signe cold and moyst accompanied wiââ and mists ingendring much sicknesse as the Plague Feavers ãâã like This Quarter continues the space of 89 dayes and 111 the â passing through â â and â Of Winter The Winter beginneth at the â entrance into â which ãâã this yeer upon the 11 of December at a quarter past 9 before ãâã which moment the Sun enters into the first min. of â Thiâ is the most coldest of all the rest the dayes being at the shorteââ as at Birmicham 7 houres and a quarter in length A warme anâ wind is an enemie to husbandmen but if reasonable store of ãâã it preserveth the fruit and begets plenty This Quarter câââ while the Sun passeth through these 3 last Signes â â ãâã the space of 89 dayes 0 houres and 14 min. Astronomicall Notes THe true Procession of the Equinoctiall or the distance of ãâã Star in the Rams horn from the Equinoctiall point accâââââ the Rodolphine Tables is 28 deg 13. min. and according ãâã bergs tables is 28 deg 19 min. But according to Argoll 28 ãâã min. and 5 sec The obliquitie of the Zodiack according to ãâã ãâã deg 31 min. and 30 sec and according to Lansberg 23 deg and ãâã âin But according to the Prutenicall Tables it is 23 deg 28 min ãâã âo sec The Auges of the Planets âââording to Aâgols Table  deg min. Sec.  â 27 27 45 â â 8 22 10 â â 29 49 44 â â 6 29 22 â â 0 37 44 â â¿ 1 0 55 â According to Lansberg  deg min.  â 26 51 â â 3 53 â â 26 29 â â 7 44 â â 1 52 â â¿ 29 48 â âhe true magnitude of the Tropicall yeer is 365 daies 5 ho. 49 m Of Eclipses ââis yeer the Inhabitants of the earth shall be deprived of the Suns ãâã gloâious light twice and as oft of the Moons The first of the ãâ¦ã and the last of the Sun appear above our Horizon the other ãâã be seen in those parts of the earth which are far remote The ãâã is of the Moon upon the last of January the moon being in the ãâã deg and 35 min. of Leo the Sun in the opposite signe and degree ââs Eclipse begins at 5 a clock and 23 min. the middle at 70 clock ãâã 4 min and the end at 3 quarters past 8 at night The parts eclipââ are 10 and 50 min. and that little light which she retaineth shall ââar on the neither part of her body âhe second Eclipse which we shall see is of the Sun upon the 11 day ãâã âugust the beginning will be at 10 in the morning the middle at ãâã and the end a quarter of an houre past noon The parts eclipsed â5 and 50 min. on the North side of his body Moons Eclipse Suns Eclipse Hereafter followeth certain and perââââ Rules to find and know the names of mâââ Celestiall Constellations and Stars and thâ true use of them being known to find the houre of the night without any Instruments A thing most pleasant and profitable to be regarded by all men The Names of the Starres and parts of the Constellations their Rising Southing Setting The right Ascansion The point the Compasse on which thââ rise and sââ  ho. m.  Lucida