Nuncius sydereus: or The starry messenger, for the year of our redemption, 1689. And from the creation, according to Sacred Writ, 5638. Being the first after bissextile, or leap-year. Wherein is contained, (1) astronomical and meteorological observations. (2) The state of the year, ... (3) The rising and setting of the sun and moon: also her southing; together with many useful tables pertinent for such a work, accommodated 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 the good and bad days, throughout the year: also an ephemeris of the diurnal motions and aspects of the planets; together with a table of houses for the foresaid latitude, &c. the like (in all particulars) not extant in any other. By Henry Coley, student in the mathematicks, and the c?estial science.

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  • Nuncius sydereus: or The starry messenger, for the year of our redemption, 1689. And from the creation, according to Sacred Writ, 5638. Being the first after bissextile, or leap-year. Wherein is contained, (1) astronomical and meteorological observations. (2) The state of the year, ... (3) The rising and setting of the sun and moon: also her southing; together with many useful tables pertinent for such a work, accommodated 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 the good and bad days, throughout the year: also an ephemeris of the diurnal motions and aspects of the planets; together with a table of houses for the foresaid latitude, &c. the like (in all particulars) not extant in any other. By Henry Coley, student in the mathematicks, and the c?estial science.
  • Starry messenger, for the year of our redemption, 1689
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed by E[lizabeth]. W[ebster]. for the Company of Stationers, [1689]
Publication year
1689-1689
ESTC No.
R36751
Grub Street ID
119007
Description
[48] p. : ill. (woodcut), tables ; 8⁰
Note
Title page and calendar in red and black.

Printer's name from Wing CD.

Signatures: A-C?.Citation/references Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), A1466