Benjamin Franklin Part 52

=NOVEMBER= hath x.x.x Days.

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

First Q. 2 6 aft. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ Full ? 10 8 aft. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL Last Q. 17 7 aft. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ New ? 24 8 aft. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | 1| 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 15 | N. 5 { 12 ? 27 Deg | 6| 14 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 23 | 3 ? { 22 27 |12| 20 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 17 | ? 2 | S. 3 { 30 26 |17| 25 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 5 |22| ? 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 |27| 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | ? 6 | 24 | N. 5 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+

[Ill.u.s.tration]

+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? sets | ? sou. | T. | | --> |--+----------+----------+----+------+ | 1| 10 45 | 5 29 | 8 | 21 | | 2| 11 44 | 6 15 | 9 | 22 | | 3| 12 40 | 7 0 | 10 | 23 | | 4| M. 40 | 7 44 | 10 | 24 | | 5| 1 35 | 8 27 | 11 | 25 | | 6| 2 30 | 9 10 | 12 | 26 | | 7| 3 21 | 9 53 | 12 | 28 | | 9| Moon | 11 25 | 2 | 29 | |10| rises | 12 14 | 3 | 30 | |11| A. | M. 14 | 3 | 31 | |12| 6 37 | 1 6 | 4 | Nov. | |13| 7 32 | 2 4 | 5 | | |14| 8 33 | 3 1 | 6 | 3 | |15| 9 39 | 3 56 | 6 | 4 | |16| 10 48 | 4 51 | 7 | 5 | |17| 11 58 | 5 43 | 8 | 6 | |18| Morn. | 6 35 | 9 | 7 | |19| 1 4 | 7 26 | 10 | 8 | |20| 2 6 | 8 16 | 11 | 9 | |21| 3 15 | 9 8 | 12 | 10 | |22| 4 25 | 10 0 | 1 | 11 | |23| Moon | 10 55 | 1 | 12 | |24| sets | 11 50 | 2 | 13 | |25| A | A. 42 | 3 | 14 | |26| 6 34 | 1 34 | 4 | 15 | |27| 7 31 | 2 27 | 5 | 16 | |28| 8 23 | 3 19 | 6 | 17 | |29| 9 25 | 4 4 | 7 | 18 | |30| 10 20 | 4 49 | 7 | 19 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+

of his Body is seen round the Moon like a s.h.i.+ning Ring. But, if the Moon happens to come between the Earth and Sun, when she is at her least Distance from the Earth, she appears then so large as to cover the whole Face of the Sun, and makes, for some Minutes, a Darkness equal to that of Twilight. When the Earth comes exactly between the Sun and the Moon, she darkens a Part of the Whole of the Moon's Face, and makes an Eclipse of the Moon. The Earth being a Body about thirty or forty Times larger than the Moon, casts a Shadow large enough to eclipse the Moon, if her Diameter were three Times greater than it is, whereas the Shadow of the Moon can never eclipse the whole Face of the Earth together. If the Moon revolved round the Earth in the same Plane as the Earth goes round the Sun, there would be constantly an Eclipse of the Sun every New, and of the Moon every full Moon. But to prevent this Inconvenience, the Author of Nature has ordered Matters so, that the Course of the Moon round the Earth is sometimes above and sometimes below that of the Earth round the Sun, so that their Shadows generally miss one another. These Motions are so exactly regulated, that Astronomers can foretel Eclipses to Minutes at an hundred Years Distance, than which there is not a more remarkable Instance either of human Sagacity, or of the Truth of that Expression of [Scripture]

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=DECEMBER.= _XII Month._

Perfection on Perfection tow'ring high, Glory on Glory rais'd, and Joy on Joy, Each Pow'r improving in the bright'ning Mind, To humble Virtues, lofty Knowledge join'd; Be this my highest Aim, howe'er I soar, Before thy Footstool prostrate to adore, My brightest Crown before thy Feet to lay, My Pride to serve, my Glory to obey.

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

+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | 1|7|Day 9 24 long. |7 19 |4 41 |? 27 | _The discontented_ | 2|G|Advent Sunday. |7 19 |4 41 |? 9 | ? sou. 10 32 | 3|2| _Cold and_ |7 20 |4 40 | 21 | _Man finds no_ | 4|3|Days dec. 5 30. |7 20 |4 40 |? 3 | _easy Chair._ | 5|4| _raw, then_ |7 21 |4 39 | 15 | Sirius rise 8 41 | 6|5|Days 9 18 long. |7 22 |4 38 | 27 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

| 7|6| _more pleasant,_ |7 22 |4 38 |? 10 | ? rises 5 0 | 8|7|Concep. V. M. |7 23 |4 37 | 23 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

| 9|G|2d in Advent. |7 23 |4 37 |? 7 | 7 *s sou. 10 28 |10|2| |7 24 |4 36 | 21 | _Virtue and a_ |11|3|Days 9 12 long. |7 24 |4 36 |? 5 | _Trade, are_ |12|4| _frost and_ |7 24 |4 36 | 19 | ? rise 9 1 |13|5|St. Lucy. |7 24 |4 36 |? 3 | Sirius rise 8 7 |14|6|Days decr. 5 40 |7 25 |4 35 | 17 | ? with ? _a_ |15|7| _flying clouds,_|7 25 |4 35 |? 2 | ? ? ? _Child's_ |16|G|3d in Advent. |7 25 |4 35 | 16 | 7 *s sou. 9 56 |17|2| _then more_ |7 25 |4 35 |? 0 | ? sou. 9 14 |18|3| _moderate_ |7 25 |4 35 | 14 | ? rises 5 23 |19|4|Ember Week. |7 25 |4 35 | 28 | _best Portion._ |20|5| _and clear,_ |7 25 |4 35 |? 12 | _Gifts much_ |21|6|St. =THOMAS.= |7 25 |4 35 | 25 | ? in ? Shor. D |22|7|Days 9 10 long. |7 25 |4 35 |? 8 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

|23|G|4th in Advent. |7 25 |4 35 | 21 | Sirius rises 7 23 |24|2| _but windy,_ |7 25 |4 35 |? 4 | ? with ? & ?

|25|3|=CHRIST= born. |7 25 |4 35 | 17 | ? ? ? _expected,_ |26|4|St. =STEPHEN.= |7 25 |4 35 | 29 | _are paid,_ |27|5|St. =JOHN.= |7 25 |4 35 |? 11 | ? rise 7 51 |28|6|=INNOCENTS.= |7 25 |4 35 | 23 | 7 *s sou. 9 0 |29|7|Days 9 10 long. |7 25 |4 35 |? 5 | ? ? ? _not_ |30|G| _cold and cloudy._|7 24 |4 36 | 17 | ? ? ? _given._ |31|2|Silvester. |7 24 |4 36 | 29 | Sirius rise 6 48 +--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+

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=DECEMBER= hath x.x.xI Days.

+----------------------------------------------+ D. H. | Planets Places First Q. 2 4 aft. +----------------+-----------+---------+-------+ Full ? 10 8 mor. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL.

Last Q. 17 5 mor. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ New ? 24 10 mor. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | 2| 11 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 1 | N. 4 {12 ? 25 Deg | 7| 16 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 7 | S. 1 ? {22 24 |12| 21 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 5 {31 23 |17| 26 | 7 | 17 | 17 | ? 1 | 12 | 2 |22| ? 1 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 8 | N. 3 |27| 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+

[Ill.u.s.tration]

+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? sets | ? sou. | T. | | --> +--+----------+----------+----+------+ | 1| 11 20 | 5 30 | 8 | 20 | | 2| 12 14 | 6 10 | 9 | 21 | | 3| M. 14 | 6 54 | 9 | 22 | | 4| 1 7 | 7 38 | 10 | 23 | | 5| 2 6 | 8 21 | 11 | 24 | | 6| 3 0 | 9 4 | 12 | 25 | | 7| 4 0 | 9 54 | 12 | 26 | | 8| 5 0 | 10 43 | 1 | 27 | | 9| Moon | 11 40 | 2 | 28 | |10| rises | 12 36 | 3 | 29 | |11| A. | M. 36 | 3 | 30 | |12| 7 17 | 1 36 | 4 | Dec. | |13| 8 20 | 2 30 | 5 | | |14| 9 30 | 3 24 | 6 | 3 | |15| 10 50 | 4 18 | 7 | 4 | |16| 11 53 | 5 11 | 8 | 5 | |17| 12 55 | 6 2 | 9 | 6 | |18| M. 55 | 6 53 | 9 | 7 | |19| 1 59 | 7 44 | 10 | 8 | |20| 3 8 | 8 36 | 11 | 9 | |21| 4 12 | 9 28 | 12 | 10 | |22| 5 10 | 10 20 | 1 | 11 | |23| Moon | 11 12 | 2 | 12 | |24| sets | A. 4 | 3 | 13 | |25| A. | 12 53 | 3 | 14 | |26| 6 59 | 1 42 | 4 | 15 | |27| 7 58 | 2 27 | 5 | 16 | |28| 8 53 | 3 11 | 6 | 17 | |29| 9 52 | 3 55 | 6 | 18 | |30| 10 49 | 4 39 | 7 | 19 | |31| 11 45 | 5 21 | 8 | 20 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+

Scripture, "That the Works of G.o.d are all made in Number, Weight and Measure." It is certain, by Observations made with good Telescopes, that, though the Face of the Moon is covered with innumerable Inequalities like the Mountains upon the Earth, there is no great Collection of Waters upon it, like our Oceans; nor is there any Reason, from her Appearance through those Instruments, to suppose she has any such Appendage belonging to her as our Atmosphere of Air. If the Moon is inhabited (as she may for any Thing we know) those who live on one Side or Hemisphere never can see our World, and those who live on the other can never lose Sight of it, except when the Earth comes between them and the Sun, as she keeps always one Side turned towards us. Those who live about the middle Parts of the Hemisphere that looks towards the Earth, must see it always directly over their Heads with much the same Appearances as the Moon makes to us, sometimes horned, sometimes half, and sometimes wholly illuminated, but of a vastly greater Bulk than the Moon appears to us. It seems highly probable, that the Attraction of the Moon acting more strongly upon the Fluid than the solid Parts of our Terraqueous Globe is the Cause of our Tides, as they answer so exactly to her Motions and Distances from us, and other Circ.u.mstances. To enter upon that Theory, however, would be beside my present Purpose.

[_Remainder in our next._]

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=ECLIPSES=, 1753.

This Year there will be four Eclipses, two of the _Sun_, and two of the _Moon_.

The First Eclipse will be of the _Moon_, on _Tuesday_, the 17th Day of _April_, about Two a Clock in the Afternoon, and therefore it cannot be seen here; but in _London_ the Moon will rise five Digits eclipsed.

The Second will be of the _Sun_, on _Thursday_, the 3d of _May_, about Two a Clock in the Morning, therefore invisible.

The Third Eclipse will be of the _Moon_, on _Friday_, the 12th Day of _October_, in the Morning, when, if the Air be clear, the Moon will be seen eclipsed almost six Digits; it begins at 26 min. after Two, and ends at 56 min. past Four, so that the whole Duration is two Hours and thirty Minutes.

The =TYPE=.

North.

East. [Ill.u.s.tration] West.

South.

The Fourth is a _Solar_ Eclipse on _Friday_, the 26th of _October_, about Five a Clock in the Morning, invisible here.

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On _Sunday_, the 6th Day of _May_, in the Morning, the Planet _Mercury_ may be seen to make a black Spot in the _Sun_'s Body, according to the following Calculation.

D. h. m.

Middle Time of the true ? 1753, _May_ 5 15 43 P. M Equation of Time, add 4 Apparent Time of the true ? 5 15 47 Mean Anomaly of the _Sun_, 10 6 21 Mean Anomaly of _Mercury_, 10 19 47 Dist. of the ? from the ? Log. 5,004518 ? from the ? 4,656557 ? from the ? 4,745839 Geocentrick Longitude ? and ? ? 15 53' 0"

Geocentrick Lat.i.tude, 3 19 Anomaly of Commutation, 6 0 0 Inclination, or Heliocentrick Lat. of ? S.A. 4 3 Elongation to fix Hours before the true ? 23 24 Difference of Lat.i.tude in fix Hours, 4 18 Angle of the visible Way, 10 25 Nearest Approach of their Centers, 3 15 Motion from the Middle to the true ? 35 Lat.i.tude of ? at the Middle, 3 4 Motion of Half the visible Way, 15 24 Motion of Half Duration, 15 9 Diff. of Lat. between the Mid. Begin. & End, 2 47 Geocentrick Lat.i.tude at the Beginning, S. A. 0 17 Geocentrick Lat.i.tude at the End, S. A. 5 51 Time from the true ? to the Middle, 9 4 Time of Half Duration, 3 53 The Arch of the ?'s Perimeter at the Begin. 1 2 The Arch of the ?'s Perimeter at the End, 21 48 Apparent Semidiameter of the _Sun_, 15 45 Apparent Semidiameter of ? 0 6 _Mercury_ enters the Sun's Disk, _May_ 5, 11 44 P. M.

Middle or nearest Approach of the Centers, 15 37 True Conjunction, 15 46 _Mercury_ emerges out of the Disk, 19 31 Total Duration of this Eclipse, 7 47

The astronomical Time when _Mercury_ goes off the _Sun_'s Disk, being reduced to common Time, is _May_ the 6th, at 31 min. after Seven in the Morning. The _Sun_ rises at 1 min.

past Five, and if you get up betimes, and put on your Spectacles, you will see _Mercury_ rise in the _Sun_, and will appear like a small black Patch in a Lady's Face.

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The =TYPE= of this Eclipse at Sun-rising.

North.

East. [Ill.u.s.tration: SUN, West.

Ecliptick, ?

Orb of _Mercury_.]

South.

Dr. _Halley_ puts this Conjunction an Hour forwarder than by this Calculation.

This is to give Notice to all Persons that shall have Occasion of transporting themselves, Goods, Wares, or Merchandize from Philadelphia to New-York, or from the latter to the former, That by =JOSEPH BORDEN=, junior, there is a Stage-boat, well fitted and kept for that Purpose, Nicholas George, Master, and, if Wind and Weather permit, will attend at the Crooked Billet Wharff, in Philadelphia, every Monday and Tuesday in every Week, and proceed up to Borden-Town (not Burlington) on Wednesday, and on Thursday Morning a Stage-waggon, with a choice good Awning, kept by Joseph Richards, will be ready to receive them, and proceed directly to John Cluck's, opposite the City of Perth-Amboy, who keeps a House of good Entertainment; and on Friday a Stage-boat, with a large commodious Cabbin, kept by Daniel Obryant, will be ready to receive them, and proceed directly to New-York, and give her Attendance at the Whitehall Slip, near the Half Moon Battery. If People be ready at the Stage Days and Places, 'tis believed they may pa.s.s quicker by Twenty-four Hours than any other Way as our Land Carriage is ten Miles shorter than by Way of Burlington, and our Waggon does not fail to go thro' in a Day. We expect to give better Satisfaction this Year than last, by reason we are more acquainted with the Nature of the Business, and have more convenient Boats, Waggons and Stages, and will endeavour to use People in the best Manner we are capable of; and hope all good People will give it the Encouragement it deserves, and us, as the Promoters of such a publick Good. =JOSEPH BORDEN=, junior, =JOSEPH RICHARDS=, and =DANIEL OBRYANT=.