Nuncius cœlestis, or, The starry messenger for the year of our redemption 1683 and from the creation, according to sacred writ 5632, being the third from the bissextile or leap-year : wherein is contained, 1. Astronomical and meteorological observations, 2. Astrological predictions of the state of the year, deduced according to art, from the solar ingresses, eclipses, various configuratons, aspects and conjunctions of the planets, 3. The rising and setting of the sun and moon also her southing : together with many useful rules and 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 : and to compleat the work here is presented (as formerly) Monthly observations, also an Ephemeris of the diurnal motions and aspects of the planets, together with a table of houses for the latitude of London, by which a figure of heaven may be set for any time past, present, or to come : the like in all particulars not extant in any other

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Coley, Henry, 1633-1704

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