Benjamin Franklin Part 51

=AUGUST= hath x.x.xI Days.

+----------------------------------------------+ D. H. | Planets Places.

First Q. 5 8 aft. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ Full ? 13 9 aft. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL.

Last Q. 21 9 aft. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ New ? 28 10 mor. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | 1| 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 5 | S. 4 {12 ? 29 Deg. | 6| 14 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 11 | N. 2 ? {22 29 |12| 20 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ? 4 | 17 | 5 {31 28 |17| 25 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 2 |22| ? 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 24 | S. 3 |27| 4 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 5 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+

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+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? sets | ? sou. | T. | | --> +--+----------+----------+----+------+ | 1| 8 A. 25 | 2 A. 9 | 5 | 21 | | 2| 9 3 | 3 1 | 6 | 22 | | 3| 9 37 | 3 53 | 6 | 23 | | 4| 10 12 | 4 44 | 7 | 24 | | 5| 10 56 | 5 36 | 8 | 25 | | 6| 11 37 | 6 28 | 9 | 26 | | 7| 12 22 | 7 18 | 10 | 27 | | 8| M. 22 | 8 18 | 11 | 28 | | 9| 1 12 | 8 57 | 11 | 29 | |10| 2 2 | 9 45 | 12 | 30 | |11| 2 52 | 10 33 | 1 | 31 | |12| Moon | 11 18 | 2 | Aug. | |13| rises | 12 3 | 2 | | |14| A. | M. 3 | 3 | 3 | |15| 7 25 | 0 36 | 3 | 4 | |16| 7 43 | 1 20 | 4 | 5 | |17| 8 22 | 2 4 | 5 | 6 | |18| 8 51 | 2 49 | 5 | 7 | |19| 9 25 | 3 33 | 6 | 8 | |20| 10 3 | 4 23 | 7 | 9 | |21| 10 47 | 5 13 | 8 | 10 | |22| 11 42 | 6 10 | 9 | 11 | |23| 12 37 | 7 6 | 10 | 12 | |24| M. 37 | 8 6 | 11 | 13 | |25| 1 39 | 9 6 | 12 | 14 | |26| 2 51 | 10 4 | 1 | 15 | |27| 4 5 | 11 1 | 2 | 16 | |28| Moon | 11 58 | 2 | 17 | |29| sets. | A. 55 | 3 | 18 | |30| 7 A. 46 | 1 50 | 4 | 19 | |31| 8 23 | 2 45 | 5 | 20 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+

secondary Planets or Satellites round their Primaries, in such a Manner, as leaves no Room for any, but such as do not understand them, to hesitate about it. The Sun's apparent Rising and Setting is therefore owing to the Earth's turning round upon its own Axis; and his apparent Change of Place among the fixed Stars, to our real Change of Situation round the Sun. The different Seasons of the Year, with all their delightful Varieties, are owing to the most simple Contrivance that can be imagined, _viz._ The Inclination of the Earth's Axis to the Plane of the Ecliptic. Any Person who has not an Opportunity of seeing an Orrery, may easily represent this by an Apple or any other round Body with a Wire thrust through the Middle of it, and carried round a Table having a Candle placed on the Middle; if the lower End of the Wire be made to touch the Table all the Way round, and to lean a little, the upper End still pointing towards the same Side of the Room, by turning the Skewer round, as it is carried along, it will be easy to understand how the Earth's Turning once round upon her own Axis, makes a Day and a Night; and by carrying the Apple round the Table, it will be easy to shew how the Sun (represented by the Candle) must seem to change Place with regard to the fixed Stars; and by observing how differently the Light of the Candle enlightens the different Parts of the Apple as the Wire points toward [it]

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=SEPTEMBER.= _IX Month._

When Nature sinks; when Death's dark Shades arise, And this World's Glories vanish from these Eyes; Then may the Thought of Thee be ever near, To calm the Tumult, and compose the Fear.

In all my Woes thy Favour my Defence; Safe in thy Mercy, not my Innocence, And through what future Scenes thy Hand may guide My wond'ring Soul, and thro' what States untry'd, [What]

+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | | | Remark. days, &c. |? ris|? set|? pl.| Aspects, &c.

+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | 1|7|Dog Days end |5 32 |6 28 |? 5 | ? ? ? _He that_ | 2|G|11 past Trin. |5 33 |6 27 | 18 | ? ? ? _builds_ | 3|2| _Clouds_ |5 34 |6 26 |? 1 | ? rises 1 51 | 4|3| _and_ |5 35 |6 25 | 14 | _before he counts_ | 5|4|Days dec. 22 |5 36 |6 24 | 27 | ? with ? _the_ | 6|5| _like for_ |5 38 |6 22 |? 9 | _Cost, acts foolishly;_ | 7|6| _rain; then_ |5 39 |6 21 | 21 | 7 *s rise 9 0 | 8|7|Nativ. V. =MARY.= |5 40 |6 20 |? 3 | _and he_ | 9|G|12 past Trin |5 41 |6 19 | 15 | _that counts before_ |10|2| _wind,_ |5 43 |6 17 | 27 | _he builds,_ |11|3|Days 12 32 long. |5 44 |6 16 |? 8 | _finds he did not_ |12|4|Days dec. 2 22 |5 46 |6 14 | 20 | ? set 11 16 |13|5| _fair and_ |5 47 |6 13 |? 2 | 7 *s rise 8 40 |14|6|Holy Rood. |5 49 |6 11 | 14 | ? ri. 2 11 _count_ |15|7| _pleasant_ |5 50 |6 10 | 26 | ? ? ? _wisely_.

|16|G|13 past Trin. |5 51 |6 9 |? 9 | ? rise 9 11 |17|2|Days 12 16 long. |5 53 |6 7 | 22 | ? rise 2 14 |18|3| _for some_ |5 54 |6 6 |? 5 | ? with ?

|19|4|Ember Week. |5 56 |6 4 | 18 | Patience _in_ |20|5| _days;_ |5 57 |6 3 |? 2 | _Market, is_ |21|6|St. =MATTHEW.= |5 58 |6 2 | 16 | _worth Pounds_ |22|7| _then clouds_ |6 0 |6 0 |? 0 | ? in ? ? ? ?

|23|G|14 past Trin. |6 1 |5 59 | 14 | ? w. ? & ? _in a_ |24|2| _with wind_ |6 3 |5 57 | 29 | ? ? _Year._ |25|3| _and_ |6 4 |5 56 |? 14 | ? w. ? _Danger_ |26|4| _rain_ |6 5 |5 55 | 29 | 7 *s rise 7 52 _is_ |27|5|Days decr. 3 h. |6 7 |5 53 |? 14 | ? set 10 21 |28|6| _towards the end._ |6 9 |5 51 | 28 | ? rise 1 30 |29|7|St. =MICHAEL.= |6 9 |5 51 |? 12 | ? r. 8 32 _Sauce_ |30|G|Day 13 h. long |5 30 |6 30 | 26 | _for Prayers._ +--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+

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=SEPTEMBER= hath x.x.x Days.

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First Q. 4 8 mor. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ Full ? 12 at noon. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL.

Last Q. 20 4 mor. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ New ? 26 9 aft. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | 1| 9 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 24 | N. 1 {12 ? 28 Deg. | 6| 14 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 5 ? {22 28 |12| 20 | 0 | 9 | 29 | ? 6 | 14 | 3 {30 28 |17| 25 | 0 | 9 | ? 0 | 11 | 12 | S. 2 |22| ? 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 |27| 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 1 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+

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+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? sets | ? sou. | T. | | --> +--+----------+----------+----+------+ | 1| 9 1 | 3 36 | 6 | 21 | | 2| 9 41 | 4 27 | 7 | 22 | | 3| 10 23 | 5 17 | 8 | 23 | | 4| 11 16 | 6 6 | 9 | 24 | | 5| 12 10 | 7 1 | 10 | 25 | | 6| M. 10 | 7 56 | 10 | 26 | | 7| 0 54 | 8 41 | 8 | 26 | | 8| 1 50 | 9 26 | 12 | 28 | | 9| 2 48 | 10 11 | 1 | 29 | |10| 3 48 | 10 57 | 1 | 30 | |11| 4 37 | 11 37 | 2 | 31 | |12| Moon | 12 22 | 3 |Sept. | |13| rises. | M. 22 | 3 | | |14| 7 A. 7 | 0 57 | 4 | 3 | |15| 7 39 | 1 43 | 4 | 4 | |16| 8 14 | 2 30 | 5 | 5 | |17| 8 57 | 3 22 | 6 | 6 | |18| 9 43 | 4 14 | 7 | 7 | |19| 10 37 | 5 8 | 8 | 8 | |20| 11 39 | 6 2 | 9 | 9 | |21| 12 41 | 6 59 | 9 | 10 | |22| M. 41 | 7 55 | 10 | 11 | |23| 1 44 | 8 52 | 11 | 12 | |24| 2 53 | 9 48 | 12 | 13 | |25| Moon | 10 43 | 1 | 14 | |26| sets | 11 37 | 2 | 15 | |27| A. | A. 31 | 3 | 16 | |28| 7 0 | 1 25 | 4 | 17 | |29| 7 39 | 2 19 | 5 | 18 | |30| 8 23 | 3 13 | 6 | 19 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+

it, or from it, the Cause of the Difference of the Seasons, of the Length of the Days and Nights, of the Sun's s.h.i.+ning more directly or more obliquely upon different Parts of the Earth, and of the Heat of Summer, and Cold of Winter, may be made plain to any Capacity. That the Earth is of a round, or nearly round Figure, is plain from the Shadow it casts upon the Face of the Moon in a partial Eclipse of the Moon, which is always round, and never of any other Figure. It is also manifest from what it always observed at Sea, _viz._ That a s.h.i.+p, as it approaches, first shews its Masts and Sails, and by Degrees its lower Parts, till it becomes all visible; and, as it goes off, its Hulk is first lost, and then its Sails and upper Parts, till it be quite hid by the Convexity or Roundness of the Surface of the Ocean.

As the Earth is carried round the Sun once in a Year, so is the Moon carried round the Earth once in about twenty-seven Days, accompanying her in her whole Revolution, at the above-mentioned Distance of two hundred and forty thousand Miles, and keeping always the same Face towards the Earth.

That the Moon goes round the Earth, as her Centre, is evident to the Eye. For, when she is between the Sun and the Earth, she is invisible to us, her dark Side being turned toward us.

When she goes a little Way forward in her Revolution, so as to come from between [us]

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=OCTOBER.= _X Month._

What distant Seats soe'er I may explore, When frail Mortality shall be no more; If aught of meek or contrite in thy Sight Shall fit me for the Realms of Bliss and Light, Be this the Bliss of all my future Days, To view thy Glories, and to sing thy Praise.

When the dread Hour, ordain'd of old, shall come, Which brings on stubborn Guilt its righteous Doom, [When]

+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | | | Remark. days, &c. |? ris|? set|? pl.| Aspects, &c.

+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | 1|2| _Moderate_ |6 12 |5 48 |? 10 | _If you have_ | 2|3| _and pleasant,_ |6 13 |5 47 | 23 | ? rise 3 45 | 3|4|Days 11 32 long. |6 14 |5 46 |? 5 | ? with ? _no_ | 4|5| but_ |6 15 |5 45 | 17 | _Honey in your_ | 5|6| _soon turns_ |6 16 |5 44 | 29 | 7 *s rise 7 20 | 6|7|Days dec. 3 26 |6 18 |5 42 |? 11 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

| 7|G|16 past Trin. |6 19 |5 41 | 23 | ? ? ? _Pot,_ | 8|2| _to rain,_ |6 20 |5 40 |? 5 | ? ? ? _have_ | 9|3| _with high_ |6 21 |5 39 | 17 | _some in your_ |10|4| _wind, and_ |6 22 |5 38 | 29 | _Mouth._ |11|5| _cool,_ |6 23 |5 37 |? 11 | _A Pair of_ |12|6|Days dec. 3 40 |6 25 |5 35 | 23 | ? sets 9 33 |13|7| _then more_ |6 26 |5 34 |? 6 | ? ? ? _good_ |14|G|17 past Trin. |6 27 |5 33 | 19 | 7 *s rise 6 46 |15|2| _settled_ |6 29 |5 31 |? 2 | ? with ? _Ears_ |16|3|Day 11 h. long. |6 30 |5 30 | 15 | ? rises 12 42 |17|4| _and fair,_ |6 31 |5 29 | 29 | Sirius ri. 12 0 |18|5|=St. LUKE.= |6 32 |5 28 |? 13 | ? rises 7 20 |19|6| _warm,_ |6 34 |5 26 | 27 | ? rises 3 23 |20|7|Day dec. 4 h. |6 35 |5 25 |? 11 | ? with ? _will_ |21|G|18 past Trin. |6 37 |5 23 | 25 | _drain dry an_ |22|2|K Geo. II. cro. |6 38 |5 22 |? 9 | ? ? ? _hundred_ |23|3| _and flying_ |6 39 |5 21 | 24 | ? in ? ? ? ?

|24|4| _clouds,_ |6 40 |5 20 |? 9 | ? ? ?

|25|5|Crispin. |6 41 |5 19 | 23 | ? ? ? _Tongues._ |26|6| _then_ |6 43 |5 17 |? 7 | ? with ?

|27|7|Days 10 32 long. |6 44 |5 16 | 21 | ? set 8 40 |28|G|=SIMON= and =JUDE.= |6 45 |5 15 |? 4 | Sirius ri. 11 20 |29|2| _cold_ |6 46 |5 14 | 17 | ? ? ?

|30|3| _rain, and wind._ |6 48 |5 12 |? 0 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

|31|4| _rain._ |6 49 |5 11 | 13 | ? rise 11 55 +--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+

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=OCTOBER= hath x.x.xI Days.

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First Q. 3 11 aft. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ Full ? 12 4 mor. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^s L.

Last Q. 19 10 mor. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ New ? 26 5 mor. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | 2| 9 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 24 | N. 4 {12 ? 28 Deg. | 7| 14 | 1 | 13 | 3 | ? 4 | ? 2 | 5 ? {22 28 |12| 19 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 {31 28 |17| 24 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 20 | S. 4 |22| 29 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 4 |27| ? 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 28 | ? 7 | N. 2 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+

[Ill.u.s.tration]

+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? sets | ? sou. | T. | | --> +--+----------+----------+----+------+ | 1| 9 18 | 4 A. 10 | 7 | 20 | | 2| 10 9 | 5 7 | 8 | 21 | | 3| 11 2 | 5 56 | 8 | 22 | | 4| 11 58 | 6 44 | 9 | 23 | | 5| 12 54 | 7 31 | 10 | 24 | | 6| M. 54 | 8 17 | 11 | 25 | | 7| 1 46 | 9 1 | 12 | 26 | | 8| 2 42 | 9 45 | 12 | 27 | | 9| 3 42 | 10 30 | 1 | 28 | |10| 4 36 | 11 14 | 2 | 29 | |11| Moon | 11 57 | 2 | 30 | |12| rises | 12 41 | 3 | Oct. | |13| 6 A. 24 | M. 41 | 3 | | |14| 7 5 | 1 25 | 4 | 3 | |15| 7 48 | 2 19 | 5 | 4 | |16| 8 37 | 3 13 | 6 | 5 | |17| 9 38 | 4 11 | 7 | 6 | |18| 10 46 | 5 9 | 8 | 7 | |19| 11 55 | 6 5 | 9 | 8 | |20| Morn. | 7 0 | 10 | 9 | |21| 1 0 | 7 50 | 10 | 10 | |22| 2 4 | 8 40 | 11 | 11 | |23| 3 14 | 9 36 | 12 | 12 | |24| 4 27 | 10 31 | 1 | 13 | |25| Moon | 11 24 | 2 | 14 | |26| sets | A. 17 | 3 | 15 | |27| A. | 1 10 | 4 | 16 | |28| 7 9 | 2 3 | 5 | 17 | |29| 8 0 | 2 56 | 5 | 18 | |30| 8 56 | 3 48 | 6 | 19 | |31| 9 42 | 4 39 | 7 | 20 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+

us and the Sun, we see a small Part of her Body enlightned, and so on still more and more, till she comes to be in Opposition to the Sun, and then we see all that Side of her which the Sun s.h.i.+nes upon, when we say she is full; though the Sun does not, in Reality, enlighten any more of her Body at Full than at new Moon; only her enlightened Side is turned towards us in the one Case, and from us in the other. This whole Matter may be made very plain to any Capacity in the same Manner as is above directed with regard to the Earth's Revolution round the Sun, by carrying a smaller Apple or Ball to represent the Moon round the first, which represents the Earth, and observing how the Light of the Candle s.h.i.+ning upon the little Ball must appear to a Fly or other Insect placed upon the large one. Whenever the Moon happens to come exactly between the Earth and the Sun, she stops the Light of the Sun, and then we say, the Sun is eclipsed; and according as the Moon happens to cover a Part or the Whole of the Sun's Face, we call the Eclipse partial or total. Sometimes a total Eclipse of the Sun happens when the Moon is at her greatest Distance from the Earth (for she does not go round the Earth in an exact Circle, as neither do any of the rest of the primary or secondary Planets round their Centers) and then, as all Objects appear smaller according to their Distance, she does not cover the whole Face of the Sun, but a part [of]

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=NOVEMBER.= _XI Month._

When Storms of Fire on Sinners shall be pour'd, And all th' Obdurate in thy Wrath devour'd; May I then hope to find a lowly Place To stand the meanest or th' etherial Race; Swift at thy Word to wing the liquid Sky, And on thy humblest Messages to fly.

Howe'er thy blissful Sight may raise my Soul, While vast Eternity's long Ages roll, [Perfection]

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+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | 1|5|All Saints. |6 50 |5 10 |? 25 | ? rise 6 13 | 2|6|Days dec. 4 32 |6 51 |5 9 |? 7 | _Serving G.o.d is_ | 3|7| _Clouds_ |6 52 |5 8 | 19 | _Doing Good to_ | 4|G|20 past Trin. |6 53 |5 7 |? 1 | _Man, but Praying_ | 5|2|Powder Plot. |6 54 |5 6 | 13 | _is thought_ | 6|3|Day 10 10 long. |6 55 |5 5 | 25 | ? rise 4 2 _an_ | 7|4| _and threatens_|6 56 |5 4 |? 7 | _easier Service,_ | 8|5| _cold_ |6 58 |5 2 | 19 | ? ? ? _and_ | 9|6| _rain or snow._|6 59 |5 1 |? 2 | _therefore more_ |10|7|K.Geo.II. b.1683 |7 0 |5 0 | 15 | Sirius ri. 10 27 |11|G|21 past Trin. |7 1 |4 59 | 28 | ? with ? _generally_ |12|2| _then_ |7 3 |4 57 |? 11 | ? ? ?

|13|3| _pleasant_ |7 4 |4 56 | 25 | ? sets 7 35 _chosen._ |14|4|Days dec. 5 h. |7 5 |4 55 |? 9 | ? ri. 11 4 |15|5| _and suita-_ |7 6 |4 54 | 23 | 7 *s sou. 12 4 |16|6| _to the_ |7 7 |4 53 |? 7 | ? ? ? _Nothing_ |17|7| _season,_ |7 8 |4 52 | 21 | ? w ? _humbler_ |18|G|22 past Trin. |7 9 |4 51 |? 5 | ? sou. 11 51 |19|2| _but follow'd_|7 10 |4 50 | 19 | Sirius rises 9 51 |20|3|Day 9 38 long. |7 11 |4 49 |? 3 | ? rise 4 29 |21|4| _by cold_ |7 12 |4 48 | 17 | ? in ? _than_ |22|5| _cloudy,_ |7 12 |4 48 |? 1 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

|23|6|Days dec. 5 16 |7 13 |4 47 | 15 | Ambition, _when_ |24|7| _weather,_ |7 14 |4 46 | 29 | _it is about to_ |25|G|23 past Trin. |7 15 |4 45 |? 12 | 7 *s sou. 11 26 |26|2| _with snow_ |7 16 |4 44 | 25 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

|27|3| _or rain_ |7 16 |4 44 |? 8 | ? with ?

|28|4|Days dec. 5 24 |7 17 |4 43 | 21 | ? sets 6 37 |29|5| _and wind._ |7 18 |4 42 |? 3 | ? rises 9 57 |30|6| St. =ANDREW.= |7 18 |4 42 | 15 | _climb._ +--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+

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