8i7.3M31 ARTW^rr^ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from University of IVIassachusetts, Boston http://www.archive.org/details/pocl<etalmanacl<fo1781amer 1^ Pocket Almanack \ \ 4 ^ For the Year of our LORD f \ 1781- f firft after Lea|i Year, i Being the ^ f A N D T K E 4 ? Fiftk of American Independence t Cilculaud for the Ufc 4 OF THB tg Commonwealth f I Majfachufetts : \ I IN I f Latitude 42. 30. North. i i LoQgvtade 69. 29. W. from London, h t i BOSTON f Irinted and Sold by T.&X FLEE Tj I < aad I at the Jii/<f Htgrt m CornhiU. f ETLiIPSES in the Year 1781. THERE will be only two Eclipfea thi« Year, anri thofe arc both of the Sun. The firft will be on the Twenty-third Day of April, at half after Twelve at Noon j and though it will bi but fma!l Eclt, fc lo us, jet in fume Parts of the Weft Indies lit will be central. I: will happen in the 4th Deg^-^f Tejur*;. The fecond wtli ke on the Seventeenth Day oi 0/iooer, at half aftei Four m the Morning, and tho,* invifible to us will be a very p.eat Eclipfe in fome parts of the World, It will ha,)pcn in the Twenty-fifth D«grce of the Ccleftial Ballance. Nam« and Chara<acrsof the fcven Planets Th« Sun which is nctt propcri-y a Pianct, but of the nature of a fixed Stsr. y Mercury^ which moves round t he Sua to eighty cigh: days, and the oearcft Planet to it. 5 Venus^ next above Mercury, and mofcs round the SuiJ in about two hundred andtwcnty five days. The Earthy next above Venos, moving round the Sun in three hundred and ftxry five days. (found the Earth 9 The MoonJ movinff in twenty <igbt day;, and going with it round the Sun. ^ Mars, next above the Earth, moves round the Sue. in f« hundred and eighty fcven days. T^. "Jupitert-ntx^ ab.ve {vlars,, moves lound the Suu in four thoufand three hundred and thirty days, is the largeftof all the Planets, and attended by fourMoons. jupitcr, and Jj Saturn, nixt above not fo large, is at- tended w«th five Mt'ons, moves mund the Sun in abou: one thoufand fevco hundred & fifty one d^ys,. TJis twelve Sid^^. the Ram. Librae thi'S B?' lance. <y» Arietj [ ^. Scorpio, y Tauruiy the Bull. , rri the ocvi;pi6nc U Gemini, the Twiof, t Sagitariui, tLe Archer, S5 Cgncdr, th^ Crab, ' >f X^apricorrtuSf (he Goat, Si Lio, the Lion, i -CC? Ajt/arius, iheWatciBear- i'li Virgo, the Virgin, ij X Pj/cfs, the Fifhe^ (n, An E NI G M A. Have Feet; but no Lege, Back, but no Be])y, " I Two Side?, ye may fay, and ftrange Truth tetelj ye I I've a Face bright and clear, ferene as the Sky, Without either Nofe, Cheek, Mouth, Forehead, or Eye j I'm none of the meaneft, nor Riches do Jack, For I've p'cnty of Silver pack'd at my Back^ And 'caufe without Legs, my Feet cannot rear me, Vaffafg with four^ created to bear A me ; Thus mounted, I conftantly wait on the Fair, For the is Ward, and principal Care my my j V- ithcut a Cockade, the Ladies admire roe. And though I'm no Captain, BcJles a!) defire me. ii .Vj'.fs Though will not haik, when Mother advifcs j. appiov'd, {he never dtfpi'es iMy Courfet j ll'm honert and b'uar, and as 'tis my Duty, ilach I fh'>\v, as well as each ftlemuh Beauty j ;Ite]i her the Tru'h, and too oft difcover, but F^att'ry. faid by her [That all was Lover 5 Her priva«^e Concern', and her cofmetick Arts, jThough rhey are hid from the World, ro me {he imparts j jl ko.vv*ev'iy proper and improper Feature, And fee the uglyi and the beautiful Creature her j In /}TOTf, it were happy-, did Lovers but fee Their N)mphs Lmperfeclionj, as they're fcen by nj«, A Q_tr E S T I a N. AContpany of Gentlemen and Ladies fpent at a TaverR £.."1 6i. 8<^. and whe'^ t.Sev c2me to fettle jthey found that the Men paid half as many ag«'n pence as there were Men, and the Women but tw-> t'lirds t» many pence as '• e- were Women in the Conipany. ^jre, Row m.any Mf 1, how many Womsn^ and- how j •ajuch each paid in C .mpany^ VULGAR NOTES for the Year J 7 tr. GoWen Namber, 1 Cycle of Surr, 5 j the zS I Epadl, 4. Dicnyhan Period, \ jo Dominical Letter G I Juiiar- F riod, ^^^i- rJ^ JANUARY. i78i^\.begin? ^n. Mo,n^y Flrii Quart, ^d Day 4 JR the Afternb«p^ Full y« 00a lothDay 5 .in the Morn ingt Lafl Qu^art. i6th Day 1 1 in the Aftefdbon, New Moon 24th Day 8*fn the Afternodo. F'Sea 2 Circumcifisn. 1 7 3^ i S lof, C. S*/e« &.rc^ry^. Battis' 7 3^ 5 oiorD. (at Prii>ce;own, J 777. 4 7 3T 5<fV 'V5 y 5 Sit Jfaac Newton hotv.;\i.^/^y 7 31 5 ** i»fD 4- * 6j Day* length 9h. 6ifi. • 3' T. twelfffc D/j^'^ 2t Ef-fbany, sr T'So 55^'5of f 7 G Tuft Sunday pail Epiptsny. 7 30 5 ^ISt. Lucian, Mart. ? ^9 5 9 ''if 10 4c 3 Twil ght ends 6h. 20m. 7 29 5 10 11 3c 4 D'slat. 5. 2 N. 7 27 5 i-i «; min. 12 at Sun fl«w o^Clodft^p 7 ^7 5 11 6iK. of iV*/./«bor« .7^1. f3 7iHigh Tidej. @ Perieec. 7 26 5I :•;? G[S«eor:«J Sun. p«ft Epiphany. 7 26 5 10 . (A.Bifh.7.tf«/Wbel «ad. *i 1645. as 5 li 3j Twilight eads 6h, 2m. i . 24 5 4 ^»50 K» ef Po/tfB^-bMa 173*^ .- 4<^ 4 2-3 5 ^ I 5 St. Pr//<r*, Vir. & Mart. 22 5 ^9 6rTwiIight begins 5b. 4c'fn« *<^ 2t 5 7 10 7IK1 of 5^«;« born 17 i 6. 19 5 f4 9 XI G Tkird Sun, fiti^tipbany. IS * 5* 5 20 2Z Klgkt's th I • lepf «h. »4ffJ,'' 7, -'7 5'^ ,13 9 4 ? 23 YarJL'.hjuth 9h.^"- 7 't6 5 6, 59 lb 3 Z4 K. of Pru^M Worn 1712. Jjfets U 24 *5 (K.'of -Sw£i/e« bom 174-^. 2 i 26 Apogee. SO| O ^3 5 6 51 7 2 27 K^ Charles I. of rt- i» Englinit 5 1 3 2S (^eivei 1 Sentence, i^S.' 7 1 O s' 2 K., 29 o( Denmark born T749. 10 o 3 3 30 K. Cbarlet I. beheaded 47 1648. 7 « 5 " 413 (Pr, ^ax/Gw<&4r, 31 born 1735. 7 Tslmow, J4 ^^ <:^ <i Ft^RUARY lySi, begins oj TharfdayJ - ^ Pr.> Q^Liart. l4 D4y at Noon^ 4 in^he Jtftcrnoon, ": Quart f ; tJi Dayy 10i o inftein flie MorainiMoraing, w^Vloon 2:d i><.y at Midn ght. .1^ Rci.iarkabic Diy», f^r. f.0^ F.Sta. 6b. 30m. 5 5fcr- Hurificatioii Virgin Mcrjr. 45 ^Biiji}^t\(h, and Mart. G ^ 3 ;5 ^ jsl J^^^ 4th Sunday infiEpiphaitv, a 5 •45 '«*!-»% ' - I 5 k.h^ : 35 (Treaty with France figRcd 3 33i9 26 A^Dayg !ffii8;th loS.4ra.. (i77-S- ? , 24IT0 1 < I ' itf.i> ^'O ^^-f9/i-bs h . ^ . 4 6 . 1 . 8 7 rife « 3|Kj..g ^harlct I. inre-rreH 164.8 9i 55 ^> I High ©l-erigce. ^ 7j Tides, 54 55 6 ^1 0\Septuagef^ma<.CzrtJFaJkingion6 53 ; 49 ih. (born t 1-8 rife 1 f^ 6 5. 43 Iif. C, Northampton, 6 50 6 3J 37 37 \ Vthni'^ne. J. Angtlo Bra fchi 6 49 6 mjrn. V 3 5i (clea.Popci *s[P/«iVI.] 6 4&6 o 50 24 16: 6}7*'s fouth 5H. ^m. |6 47 6 ic ni 7j Nights length ijh.aom. 6-46 6 iS G iStxugeJima. ad before L^fl^. 6 44 6 46 »9 a| D's lat. I. 56 S. [6 43 6 20 3 Sup.C. Popn. |6 4z 6 6 4 j Day's length loh. 44^m, (6 40 H i2 5 Twilight ends 7b. jrau 6396 ])fet( 5^ '3 6 ^Apogcev •6 3X 6 34 H 7 St. Matthias Apo*. & Mirt. 6 j7 6 T3 G\^inqiiagejima, ShrcveSuoday 6 36 6. S 2 Shrove Monday. 6346 3^ i7 3 Shrove Tuefday. l.CPittsjield 6^6 >^ 4 y^ JVednefiay. Tnti of Lent. 32 o c rhe eianet VENUS 'will ke Morning Star to %d 0/" June, tbtnce Evenijtg Star t» tbe End •/ the Tear*. Thurfday. MARCH 1 78 1, begins on Firft Quart. 3d Day 5 in tl>€ Aftemooii, Full Moon 10^- h Day 2 in the Ai:\er»xx)n, Lait <^art. i6ch Day, 8 In the Ait^roooG, New MooB 2^.th D<iy 6 in ikc Afternoon. F.StM MjWi Remirkiblc Days , i£?'c. r.G. D.a'vui, 6 30 J? 4* 1 1 5JSt. z\ -6, Da.vs kneto i ih. xxtn. 6 aS morB. Sj n\?.tCi^. 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