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Side 3 - After very great storms of wind, when the mercury has been low, it commonly rises again very fast. In settled fair weather, except the barometer sink much, expect but little rain.
Side 3 - In winter, spring, and autumn, the. sudden falling of the mercury, and that for a large space, denotes high winds and storms; but in summer it presages heavy showers, and often thunder. It always sinks lowest of all for great winds, though not accompanied with rain ; but it falls more for wind and rain together, than for either of them alone.
Side 8 - Midsummer Day. — The Exchequer opens eight days before any term begins, except Trinity, before which it opens but four days.
Side 1 - The active powers of man ! with wise intent The hand of Nature on peculiar minds Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil.
Side 45 - Aldebaran, or Bull's Eye Left Foot of Orion Middle # in Orion's Belt Right Shoulder of Orion Syrius, the great Dog Procyon, the little Dog Heart of Hydra...
Side 4 - Barometer sink much, expect but little rain; for its small sinking then is only for a little wind, or a '•few drops of rain, and the mercury soon rises again to its former station. In a wet season, suppose in...
Side 11 - Moon's age, and a Tide Table fitted to the same ; the Rising and Setting of the Sun ; the Rising, Southing and Setting of the Moon , .Mutual Aspects, Monthly Observations, and many other things useful and profitable.
Side 5 - For the Year of our Lord 1799; | Being the Third after Bissextile or Leap- Year, | And the 23d24th of American Independence.
Side 9 - Hour 12, then the Time of the Moon's Southing, found in the preceding Table, is the exaft Time of Night. But in other Cafes, г. If the Shadow wants of 12, fee how much it wants of it'; which Time, fubtrafted from that of the Moon's.
Side 45 - THE brighteft of the feven ftars is of the third magnitude, and hath 61 degrees of meridian altitude, and in colour participates of the...