Benjamin Franklin Part 50

=MAY= hath x.x.xI Days.

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New ? 3 2 mor. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ First Q. 9 10 aft. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL.

Full ? 17 2 mor. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ Last Q. 24 12 aft. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | 2| 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 17 | N. 0 {12 ? 6 Deg. | 7| 17 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 14 | S. 5 ? {22 6 |12| 22 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 {31 5 |17| 27 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 11 | N. 2 |22| ? 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 5 |27| 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 3 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+

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+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? rise | ? sou: | T. | | --> +--+----------+----------+----+ | | 1| 4 0 | 10 44 | 1 | 20 | | 2| Moon | 11 31 | 2 | 21 | | 3| sets. | A. 21 | 3 | 22 | | 4| A. | 1 17 | 4 | 23 | | 5| 9 43 | 2 14 | 5 | 24 | | 6| 10 40 | 3 12 | 6 | 25 | | 7| 11 29 | 4 10 | 7 | 26 | | 8| 12 3 | 5 6 | 8 | 27 | | 9| M. 3 | 6 2 | 9 | 28 | |10| 0 48 | 6 54 | 9 | 29 | |11| 1 23 | 7 45 | 10 | 30 | |12| 2 2 | 8 37 | 11 | May | |13| 2 36 | 9 29 | 12 | | |14| 3 12 | 10 20 | 1 | 3 | |15| 3 45 | 11 8 | 2 | 4 | |16| Moon | 11 56 | 2 | 5 | |17| rises | 12 48 | 3 | 6 | |18| A. | M. 48 | 3 | 7 | |19| 9 31 | 1 42 | 4 | 8 | |20| 10 14 | 2 30 | 5 | 9 | |21| 10 51 | 3 19 | 6 | 10 | |22| 11 29 | 4 6 | 7 | 11 | |23| 12 0 | 4 53 | 7 | 12 | |24| Morn | 5 36 | 8 | 13 | |25| 0 27 | 6 19 | 9 | 14 | |26| 0 56 | 7 2 | 10 | 15 | |27| 1 27 | 7 45 | 10 | 16 | |28| 1 58 | 8 32 | 11 | 17 | |29| 2 30 | 9 20 | 12 | 18 | |30| 3 8 | 10 13 | 1 | 19 | |31| Moon | 11 6 | 2 | 20 | +--+----------+----------+-----------+

twice the apparent Breadth of the Moon.) The same Considerations prove, that the next Planet, _viz._

2. _Venus_ revolves round the Sun in an Orbit including that of _Mercury_ within it: For she is always seen in the Neighbourhood of the Sun, and never appears in the West when the Sun is in the East, nor contrariwise; nor ever removes above forty-eight Degrees from him. When she is on one Side of her Orbit, she it our Morning- and on the other, our Evening Star. This Planet turns round upon its own Axis in twenty-three Hours, as the Earth does in twenty-four. _Venus_ performs her annual Revolution round the Sun in two hundred twenty-four Days, at the Distance of about fifty-nine Millions of Miles from the Sun. She is nearly of the Size of the Earth. She appears through a Telescope exactly as the Moon does to the naked Eye, partly enlightened, and partly dark, and with the same Inequalities on her Face as on that of the Moon. Some Astronomers fancy they have seen a Satellite or Moon near _Venus_, like that belonging to the Earth: But it is not yet certain whether they have deceived themselves or not.

3. The Earth, which we inhabit, possesses the next Place in the Solar System, and, at the Distance of about eighty Millions of Miles, as above, performs her yearly Revolution round the Sun in about three hundred sixty-five Days, and at the same time, as a Bowl upon a [Bowling-]

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=JUNE= _VI Month._

To each th' appointed Sustenance bestows, To each the noxious and the healthful shows.

Thou spread'st thy Bounty--meagre Famine flies: Thou hid'st thy Face--their vital Vigour dies.

Thy pow'ful Word again restores their Breath; Renew'd Creation triumphs over Death.

Th' Almighty o'er his Works casts down his Eye, And views their various Excellence with joy; [His]

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

+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | 1|6| _Clouds and_ |4 40 |7 20 |? 11 | ? set 8 17 | 2|7| _like for_ |4 39 |7 21 | 25 | ? with ? _Many_ | 3|G|6 past Easter. |4 39 |7 21 |? 9 | ? with ? _have_ | 4|2| _rain, with_ |4 39 |7 21 | 24 | _quarrel'd about_ | 5|3|Day 14 44 long. |4 38 |7 22 |? 9 | _Religion, that_ | 6|4| _wind and_ |4 38 |7 22 | 23 | ? rise 3 28 | 7|5| _thunder;_ |4 38 |7 22 |? 7 | _never practis'd_ | 8|6|Days inc 5 36 |4 37 |7 23 | 21 | ? ? ? _it._ | 9|7| _flying_ |4 37 |7 23 |? 5 | Sudden Power |10|G|Whitsunday. |4 37 |7 23 | 19 | ? ? ? _is apt to_ |11|2|St. =BARNABAS.= |4 36 |7 24 |? 2 | _be insolent_, Sudden |12|6| _clouds, warm_ |4 36 |7 24 | 15 | ? ri. 8 13 |13|4|Ember Week. |4 36 |7 24 | 28 | ? set 9 8 |14|5|Days 14 50 |4 35 |7 25 |? 11 | ? rise 12 52 |15|6| _and inclin'd_ |4 35 |7 25 | 24 | Liberty _saucy;_ |16|7| _to rain,_ |4 35 |7 25 |? 6 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

|17|G|Trinity Sunday |4 35 |7 25 | 18 | _that behaves best_ |18|2|Days inc. 5 40 |4 35 |7 25 |? 0 | ? ? ? _which_ |19|3| _with wind_ |4 35 |7 25 | 12 | _has grown gradually._ |20|4| _and_ |4 35 |7 25 | 24 | ? ? ?

|21|5|Corp Christ. |4 35 |7 25 |? 6 | ? in ?

|22|6|K. Geo. Acces. |4 35 |7 25 | 18 | _He that best_ |23|7| _thunder,_ |4 35 |7 25 |? 0 | _understands the_ |24|G|St. =JOHN.= |4 35 |7 25 | 12 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

|25|2| Baptist. _then_ |4 35 |7 25 | 25 | _World, least_ |26|3| _cooler,_ |4 35 |7 25 |? 8 | ? set 8 32 _likes_ |27|4| _but soon_ |4 35 |7 25 | 21 | ? rise 7 8 _it._ |28|5|Days 14 50 |4 35 |7 25 |? 5 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

|29|6| _grows hot again._ |4 36 |7 24 | 19 | ? rise 12 14 |30|7|St. =PETER.= |4 36 |7 24 |? 4 | ? with ?

|King =GEORGE='s 27th Year begins the 22d Day +----+-----------------------+-----+-----+------------------------------+

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=JUNE= hath x.x.x Days.

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New ? 1 at noon. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ First Q. 8 6 mor. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL.

Full ? 15 at noon. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ Last Q. 23 4 aft. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | New ? 30 9 aft. | 1| 11 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 23 | 18 | S. 3 | 6| 16 | 4 | 18 | ? 1 | 20 | 23 | 5 {12 ? 5 Deg. |12| 22 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 15 | ? 1 | N. 1 ? {22 4 |17| 26 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 {30 3 |22| ? 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 4 |27| 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 10 | ? 1 | S. 1 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+

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+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? Set. | ? sou: | T. | | --> +--+----------+----------+----+ | | 1| sets. | A. 3 | 3 | 21 | | 2| A. | 1 0 | 4 | 22 | | 3| 9 15 | 1 58 | 4 | 23 | | 4| 10 7 | 2 56 | 5 | 24 | | 5| 10 49 | 3 52 | 6 | 25 | | 6| 11 25 | 4 47 | 7 | 26 | | 7| 12 0 | 5 38 | 8 | 27 | | 8| Morn | 6 28 | 9 | 28 | | 9| 0 34 | 7 20 | 10 | 29 | |10| 1 8 | 8 11 | 11 | 30 | |11| 1 42 | 8 58 | 11 | 31 | |12| 2 16 | 9 46 | 12 | June | |13| 2 57 | 10 38 | 1 | | |14| Moon | 11 29 | 2 | 3 | |15| rises | 12 23 | 3 | 4 | |16| A. | M. 23 | 3 | 5 | |17| 8 51 | 1 9 | 4 | 6 | |18| 9 26 | 1 55 | 4 | 7 | |19| 10 0 | 2 40 | 5 | 8 | |20| 10 27 | 3 24 | 6 | 9 | |21| 10 53 | 4 8 | 7 | 10 | |22| 11 23 | 4 50 | 7 | 11 | |23| 11 51 | 5 32 | 8 | 12 | |24| 12 22 | 6 18 | 9 | 13 | |25| M 22 | 7 4 | 10 | 14 | |26| 0 55 | 7 53 | 10 | 15 | |27| 1 32 | 8 42 | 11 | 16 | |28| 2 14 | 9 39 | 12 | 17 | |29| Moon | 10 36 | 1 | 18 | |30| sets | 11 37 | 2 | 19 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+

Bowling-green not only proceeds forward, but likewise turns round upon its own Axis, so does the Earth turn once round upon its Axis as it goes along, every twenty-four Hours. It is astonishing, and even frightful to think, that this vast and c.u.mbrous Globe of Earth and Sea, which is almost twenty-five thousand Miles in Circ.u.mference, has received such an Impulse from the Almighty Arm, as has carried it constantly for above these five thousand Years, that we know of, round the Sun at the Rate of at least fifty thousand Miles every Hour, which it must absolutely do, to go round the Sun in a Year at the Distance of eighty Millions of Miles from him. So that, if an Angel were to come from some other World, and to place himself near the Earth's Way, he would see it pa.s.s by him with a Swiftness, to which that of a Cannon Ball is but as one to one hundred, and would be left behind by it no less than the above Number of Miles in the s.p.a.ce of one Hour. There is no more Reason to doubt, that the Earth goes in this Manner round the Sun, than there would be for a Pa.s.senger in a Ship on smooth Water, who saw the Objects upon Land continually pa.s.sing by, to doubt whether the Vessel he was in, or the Sh.o.r.e, was in Motion. We see the Sun continually changes his Place with respect to the fixed Stars, and must own it to be highly improbable that this Change of Place is owing to any Change in the whole Heavens, [which,]

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=JULY.= _VII Month._

His Works with Rev'rence own his pow'rful Hand, And humble Nature waits his dread Command, He looks upon the Earth--her Pillars shake, And from her Centre her Foundations quake.

The Hills he touches--Clouds of Smoke arise, And sulph'rous Streams mount heavy to the Skies.

Whilst Life informs this Frame, that Life shall be (O First and Greatest!) sacred all to Thee.

[Thy]

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

+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | 1|G|2 past Trin. |4 30 |7 24 |? 19 | ? with ?

| 2|2|Days dec. 2 m. |4 36 |7 24 |? 4 | ? ? ? Anger | 3|3| _Clouds_ |4 37 |7 23 | 19 | _is never without_ | 4|4| _and_ |4 37 |7 23 |? 4 | _a Reason, but_ | 5|5| _wind,_ |4 37 |7 23 | 19 | _seldom with a_ | 6|6| _then hot, |4 38 |7 22 |? 2 | _good One._ | 7|7|Days dec. 6 m. |4 38 |7 22 | 16 | ? rise 2 27 | 8|G|3 past Trin. |4 39 |7 21 | 29 | _He that is of_ | 9|2| _follow'd by_ |4 39 |7 21 |? 12 | ? ? ? ? ? ?

|10|3| _rain and_ |4 40 |7 20 | 25 | _Opinion Money_ |11|4| _thunder-gusts_ |4 40 |7 20 |? 8 | _will do every_ |12|5| |4 41 |7 19 | 20 | ? sou. 10 42 |13|6| _in many_ |4 41 |7 19 |? 2 | ? w. ? _Thing,_ |14|7|Days dec. 14 m. |4 42 |7 18 | 14 | ? rise 11 38 |15|G|4 past Trin. |4 43 |7 17 | 26 | _may well be_ |16|2| _places, then_ |4 43 |7 17 |? 8 | _suspected of_ |17|3| _more_ |4 44 |7 16 | 20 | ? rise 2 3 |18|4| _settled and_ |4 45 |7 15 |? 2 | ? ? ? _doing_ |19|5|Days dec 20 m. |4 45 |7 15 | 14 | ? ? ? _every_ |20|6| _somewhat_ |4 46 |7 14 | 26 | 7 *s rise 12 6 |21|7| _cooler; but_ |4 47 |7 13 |? 8 | ? ? ? _Thing_ |22|G|5 past Trin. |4 48 |7 12 | 21 | ? in ? _for_ |23|2| _grows hot_ |4 49 |7 11 |? 4 | ? w. ? _Money._ |24|3|Dog Days begin |4 50 |7 10 | 17 | _An ill Wound,_ |25|4|St. =JAMES.= |4 50 |7 10 |? 0 | _but not an ill_ |26|5| _again, and_ |4 51 |7 9 | 14 | ? w. ? _Name,_ |27|6|Day 14 16 long. |4 52 |7 8 | 28 | ? ? ? _may be_ |28|7| _thunder_ |4 53 |7 7 |? 13 | ? sou. 9 30 |29|G|6 past Trin. |4 54 |7 6 | 28 | ? w. ? _healed._ |30|2| _follows with_ |4 55 |7 5 |? 13 | ? rise 10 58 |31|3| _rain._ |4 56 |7 4 | 28 | ? with ?

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=JULY= hath x.x.xI Days.

+----------------------------------------------+ D. H. | Planets Places. | First Q. 7 at noon. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ Full ? 15 6 mor. |D.| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^sL.

Last Q. 23 6 mor. +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+ New ? 30 1 mor. | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | 2| 11 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 11 | S. 5 {12 ? 2 Deg. | 7| 16 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 1 ? {22 1 |12| 20 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 12 | ? 1 | N. 4 {31 0 |17| 25 | 2 | 26 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 5 |22| ? 0 | 1 | 27 | ? 2 | 17 | 20 | 1 |27| 5 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 20 | 28 | S. 4 +--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+

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+--+----------+----------+----+------+ |D.| ? sets | ? sou. | T. | | --> +--+----------+---------+----+------+ | 1| A. | A. 38 | 3 | 20 | | 2| 8 38 | 1 35 | 4 | 21 | | 3| 9 19 | 2 32 | 5 | 22 | | 4| 9 57 | 3 27 | 6 | 23 | | 5| 10 30 | 4 19 | 7 | 24 | | 6| 11 5 | 5 9 | 8 | 25 | | 7| 11 37 | 5 59 | 8 | 26 | | 8| 12 13 | 6 48 | 9 | 27 | | 9| M. 13 | 7 37 | 10 | 28 | |10| 0 53 | 8 29 | 11 | 29 | |11| 1 33 | 9 19 | 12 | 30 | |12| 2 24 | 10 12 | 1 | July | |13| 3 15 | 10 59 | 1 | | |14| Moon | 11 45 | 2 | 3 | |15| rise | 12 34 | 3 | 4 | |16| A. | M. 34 | 3 | 5 | |17| 8 21 | 1 12 | 4 | 6 | |18| 8 50 | 1 55 | 4 | 7 | |19| 9 20 | 2 38 | 5 | 8 | |20| 9 49 | 3 22 | 6 | 9 | |21| 10 18 | 4 6 | 7 | 10 | |22| 10 50 | 4 54 | 7 | 11 | |23| 11 26 | 5 42 | 8 | 12 | |24| 12 7 | 6 30 | 9 | 13 | |25| M. 7 | 7 23 | 10 | 14 | |26| 0 50 | 8 20 | 11 | 15 | |27| 1 45 | 9 18 | 12 | 16 | |28| 2 47 | 10 18 | 1 | 17 | |29| 4 0 | 11 18 | 2 | 18 | |30| Moon | A. 16 | 3 | 19 | |31| sets | 1 15 | 4 | 20 | +--+----------+----------+----+------+

which, considering the Distance of the starry Heavens, would require a Motion infinitely more rapid than that above ascribed to the Earth. As for the common Objection against the Earth's Motion, that we are not sensible of it, and that a Stone thrown up from the Earth ought not to fall down upon the same Place again; it is answered at once by the above Comparison of a Ship, from which (as has been often found by Experiment) a Ball fired directly up in the Air, does not fall behind the Ship, let her Motion be ever so swift, but, partaking of the Ship's Motion, is carried forward in the Air, and falls down again upon the Deck. And as to the Objections taken from some Scripture Expressions, which seem to contradict the Theory of the Earth's Motion, it is plain, from innumerable Instances, that Revelation was not given to Mankind to make them Philosophers or deep Reasoners, but to improve them in Virtue and Piety; and that it was therefore proper it should be expressed in a Manner accommodated to common Capacities and popular Opinions in all Points merely speculative, and which were not to have any direct Influence upon the Hearts and Lives of Men. The Truth of the Matter is, that the Demonstrations given by the incomparable Sir _Isaac Newton_, have established the Doctrine of the Motion of the Earth and other Planets, and the Comets round the Sun, and of the [secondary]

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=AUGUST.= _VIII Month._

Thy Praise my Morning Song, my daily Theme, My Ev'ning Subject, and my Midnight Dream, When Grief oppresses, and when Pain a.s.sails; When all the Man, and all the Stoic fails; When fierce Tentation's stormy Billows roll; When Guilt and Horror overwhelm my Soul; With outward Ills contending Pa.s.sions join'd, To shake frail Virtue, and unhinge the Mind; [When]

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+--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+ | 1|4|Lammas Day. |4 57 |7 3 |? 13 | ? rise 1 40 | 2|5| _More temperate_ |4 58 |7 2 | 27 | _When out of Favour,_ | 3|6|Days dec. 46 m. |4 58 |7 2 |? 11 | _none know_ | 4|7| _then_ |4 59 |7 1 | 25 | _thee; when in,_ | 5|G|7 past Trin. |5 0 |7 0 |? 9 | _thou dost not_ | 6|2| _clouds, with_ |5 1 |6 59 | 22 | ? ? ? _know_ | 7|3| _rain_ |5 2 |6 58 |? 5 | 7 *s rise 10 55 | 8|4|Day 13 54 long. |5 3 |6 57 | 17 | _thyself._ | 9|5| _and_ |5 4 |6 56 | 29 | ? with ?

|10|6|St. Lawrence. |5 5 |6 55 |? 11 | _A lean Award_ |11|7| _thunder;_ |5 6 |6 54 | 23 | ? sets 7 54 |12|G|8 past Trin. |5 8 |6 52 |? 5 | ? sou. 8 30 |13|2| _sultry weather,_ |5 9 |6 51 | 17 | ? rises 3 32 |14|3| _clouds, and_ |5 10 |6 50 | 29 | ? rise 10 25 |15|4|a.s.sum. V. =MARY.= |5 11 |6 49 |? 11 | 7 *s rise 10 25 |16|5| _rain;_ |5 13 |6 47 | 23 | _is better than a_ |17|6|Days dec. 1 18 |5 14 |6 46 |? 5 | ? rise 1 37 |18|7| _then more_ |5 15 |6 45 | 17 | _fat Judgment._ |19|G|9 past Trin. |5 16 |6 44 | 29 | _G.o.d, Parents,_ |20|2|Day 13 26 long. |5 17 |6 43 |? 12 | _and Instructors,_ |21|3| _temperate,_ |5 18 |6 42 | 25 | ? with ? _can_ |22|4| _clear_ |5 20 |6 40 |? 8 | ? in ? ? ? ?

|23|5| _and fair;_ |5 21 |6 39 | 22 | _never be_ |24|6|St. =BARTHOL.= |5 22 |6 38 |? 6 | 7 *s rise 9 52 |25|7| _flying_ |5 24 |6 36 | 21 | ? with ? _requited._ |26|G|10 past Trin. |5 25 |6 35 |? 6 | ? w. ?

|27|2|Days dec. 1 42 |5 26 |6 34 | 21 | ? sou. 7 36 |28|3| _clouds and_ |5 27 |6 33 |? 6 | ? rise 2 54 |29|4| _perhaps_ |5 28 |6 32 | 21 | ? with ?

|30|5|Day 13 h. long |5 30 |6 30 |? 6 | ? ? ?

|31|6| _rain._ |5 31 |6 29 | 21 | ? rise 9 54 +--+-+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+------------------------+

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