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HINTS ON HEALTH.
" A MAN," says Sir William Temple, "has but these four things to choose out of-to exercise daily, to la very temperate, to take physic, or to be sick." We may venture to ses ri, with a much later writer, that the principal secrets of health, are, carly rising, exercise, personal cleanliness, and leaving the table, un. I oppressed.
When & family rises carly in the morning, conclude the house to be well governed, and the inmates industrious and healthy.
With respect to exercise, there is a simple and benevolent law of nature-" Earn, that you may enjoy." In other words-sc- cure a good digestion, by exercise.
As much, perhaps, may be said concerning ablution, as ex. ercise. " Dispel the ill humors from the pores." Cleanliness is a virtue, though not the first in rank, one of the first, at least, in necessity.
On the subject of temperance, that sturdy moralist, Johnson, I speaking of a book in which it was recommended, observed, "Such a book should come out every thirty years, dressed in the mode of the times." " He that would cat much," says the pro- verb, " must cat little." Let us not, however, confound lemper- ance with starvation-on the contrary, it is strictly unedera. tion. We may be intemperately abstemious, as well as int m. perately luxurious.
From all that has been said and written on the valuect- from the experience of every nge and every cher . ir BAY conclude, that "they are the most healthy, whichit Haline | for their cook-hunger for their caterer : who havri g- tor but the sun and fresh air-and no other physic ta-n tem- perance and exercise."
h ?--- if we are grumpy will we not grunt ; and c are sorrowful will we not complain ? It is car as Poughkeepsie ale. Like causes have like ts, all things else being equal. The cause ety always is followed in the chain of causation ic effect gab! Anxiety is an nflliction of the ordia, and is essentially relieved by twaddle, h is a diffusible stimulant, and excites the sys. kto a wholesome action, whereby the affection is measure dissipated. The mouth is the safety of the mind, and lets off the deleterious parti- engendered by unpleasant actions from the ex- J world operating upon the mental faculties. story being told, how gently the mind of man i to quiescence, and the more it is tokl, the admirable is the result.
legislative bodies had truly the well leing of constituents at heart, authorised listeners (d be placed in the streets, "thick as the Es which strew the brooks in Valambrosa," or : Jarsies, "or in Valdarno." Thus, if Daniel ful had the blues, and were at the same time,
underlying an invitation to a tea party from Miss Deborah Doughey, on which occ sion he was et. pected to be vastly agreeable, he could stop IN the way and relate his sorrows to a legal Detener, dergo the formula of consoling eriapator, and Ora paddle off to the blow out with a kul remed ines his lately sinking heart. "I'were a cip o işten of Inw making to he wished In thi umc. er. Danny may be seen opening lo meut'; to the bad. tionary, and propeling his bank ro of his mouth into the timesmery's car. which it pommes, and ledet af 1} vaulting ambition, that huis - code
- of walt was felt by Pergnous Frid, a the 19th. He val vimos 100 1 0 an awning-franc, Icpuding the sty silb s . aly gaze. and sighing hle flirter
" My eye," said a char r. -
l' pleased to descend, you racreen
" Heigho! what are you pheed to wzat down below ? Heigho ;"'
" You-I want you-com .. dont [."
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New
4 11 54 Morning.
D First 19
2 3 Morning.
Full
27 1 20 Morning.
Days.
Planets' Places,
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rises rises
Boston,
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Desilver's Almanac.
Twelfth Month,
December,
1833.
MOON'S PHASES.
Philadelphia.
Boston.
New-York.
Washington.
D. H. M.
D.
H.
M.
D.
H.
M.
D.
H.
M.
Last 4 3 29 Morning.
4
3 46 morn
4
3 34 morn
4
3 22 morn
O
New 11 2 10 Morning.
11
2 27 morn
11 2 15 morn
11
2 3 morıl
First 19 0 29 Morning.
19
0 46 morn
19
0 .34 morn
19
0 22 morn
Full
26 4 29 Afternoon.
26
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26
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26
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Remarks.
1 fast dec S place south
D's dec
Sun rises and sets.
D
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Boston.
New York.
' delphia.
Phila- |Wash. & Lexin.
New Orleans.
1 Sun
Advent Sunday
10 38 21 52 S
5
3 41 17 32 N 7 26 57 21 57 18 57 15 5 6 54 6
2
M
2 S 94
10 15,22 2
19
4 37 18 35 N 7 27 57 21 57 19 57 16 56 54 6
3
Tu
4
W
D in perigee
9 27 22 18
9 41 N7 28 57 23 57 20 57 17 56 55 6
5
Th
9 222 25-
7 15
4 18 N7 28 57 23 57 21 57 18 56 55 6
6
F
Nicholas
8 37 22 33
15
8
5
1 18 S7 29 57 24 57 21 57 18 5,6 55 6
7
Sa
? rises 5 30
8 11,22 40 m
0
8 54
6 50 S7 29 57 24 57 22 57 19 56 56 6
8 Sun
ğin perhel.on
7 45 22 46
14 9 45|11 58 S7 30 57 25 57 22 57 19 56 56 6
9 10 11
M Tu
Arietis S 8 39
6 50 22 58 1
11 11 29 19 56 S7 31 57 26 57 23 57 20 56 57 6
12
Th
5 53 23
713
8' 1 17 23 24 S7 32 57 26 57 24 57 21 56 57 6
13
F
Lucy
5 25 23 1]|
20
2 1023 20 S7 32 57 26 57 25 57 21 56 57 6
14
Sa
24 sou 8 10
4 5623 15 ₩ 3
3 121 52 S7 33 57 27 57 25 57 21 56 58 6
15 Sun
Aldeb S 11 1
4. 27,23 18
15
3 50 19 30 S7 33 57 27 57 25 57 21 56 58 6
16
17
18
W
D in apogee
2 59 23 25
6
0
6 41
7 21
8
3 5 49 N7 33 57 28 57 25 57 22 56 58 6
22 Sun
Orion sou 11 40
0 59 23 28 8 10
8 48 10 28 N7 33 57 28 57 25 5 7 22 56 58 6
23
M
Sirius rises 7 25
0 29 23 27
22 9 34 14 47 N7 33 57 28 57 25 57 22 56 58 6
24
Tu w
Christmas
0 30 23 25
19 11 21 21 24 N7 33 57 27 57 25 57 22 56 58 6
26
St Step Decl.
1
0 23 23 95
16 0 18 23 24 N7 33 57 27 57 25 57 21 56 58 6
28
Sa Innocents
1 59 23 17 2 1
1 1822 11 N7 33 57 27 57 25 57 21 5 6 58 (
29 Sun!
ğ Gr. W. elong
2 28 23 14
15
2 17,19 32 N7 32 57 26 57 24 57 21 5 6 57 (
30 M
2 5823 10
29
3 14 15 39 N7 32 57 26 57 24 57 21 5 6 57 (
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"Call to-morrow and I'll tell you when to call again, my heart at the present sitting incapacitates me for official transactions."
"I'll do your business for you, my hearty, nev- er fear-Down with you," said Charley, shaking the post.
" Ah, dont ! I am down-down in the mouth."
" Why you ornery fellow, dare to crack jokes with me! down ! down ! down !" said he, shaking the frame with such violence, that Pergamus was glad to spring to the earth.
" Now, burs ter, what the dogs do you mean ?"
" I'm chock full of grief, and I can't tell what for. I'm all a bag of bewailments and tears. Sich an oppression a t my heart, and sich a buzzing in iny ears. Oh ! dca r!"
" I've a fancy' you've had too much to drink."
" Nothing to converse about. Three cocktails- one gin and two brandy-a sling and a julip, and a pint of Poughkeepsie to keep up my spirits, and ner, and knocked it in by the hat-ful; and then I smoked three long nines, took a snooze, and have
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keep down my dinner. I was pretty well at felt like a stewed witch ever since. Wetting whistle wouldent even do me any good." Oh fecl as if something was going to happen-so thing very shocking. Dont you ?
' Yes-that's fact --- you are going to the watch
" What, when I'm next to dead of sorrow ? you no bowels, but what's made of brick-bat ?"
" Disperse right away-off to quod-I'll be you."
" Well, if ever ! my sorrows send me to ja This is a free country with an onion to it, I rl on ! Hcigho, I submit, but if ever I ketch yo our steps-"
" What will you do you swipey."-
" I've got a big brother, and he will crack cheek."
" Who's afeared. Bring on your wild cat That's the how." Pergamus began to wecp, wailing, wandered woefully to the watch hous Fined.
19
Th
g stationary
1 59 23 27|
15
1 2 N7 33 57 28 57 25 57 22 56 58 6
20
F Sa
St Thos. 2/ sta.
1 29 23 28
27
21
M Tu
3 58 23 21
27
4 35 16 20 S7 33 57 27 57 25 57 21 56 58 :6
3 28 23 23 K
9
5 18,12 32 S7 33 57 27 57 25 57 21 56 58 6
21
8 16 S7 33 57 27 57 25 57 22 56 58 6
2 29 23 26 ° 3
3 32 S7 33 57 28 57 25 57 22 5 6 58 6
1 rises 0 54
slow 23 26 II
5 10 25 18 31 N7 33 57 28 57 25 57 22 56 58 6
25
Th F St. John
2 morn 23 6 N7 33 57 27 57 25 57 21 56 58 6
27
1 3023 20
3 26 23 6 m 14
4 8.10 42 N7 32 57 26 57 24 57 21 5,6 57
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17 1
6 25
3. 5 32 14 33 N 7 28 57 22 57 20 57 17 5,6 55 6
7 17 22 52 28 10 36 16 25 S7 30 57 25 57 23 57 19 56 56 6
6 23'23 3
24 0 23 22 18 S7 31 57 26 57 24 57 20 56 57 6
7 *'s S 10 21
9 51 22 10 mg
D's Moon
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Twelfth Month,
December,
1833.
New Orleans.
D. H. M. 4
2 30 Morning.
1
9,19 10,26
16
10
20
2N
8
14
7
15 19 10 26
4
23
11
26
7
48
13
21 19 10 26
9
11
12
3
1
6
7
19
27 20 11 26 13
8
12
9
5 5
6
25
13 4 20 11 26,17
16
15
2 S
6
29
M D Bostan.
Moon rises and sets.
New | Phila- ] Wash. , New York. delphin & Lex. Orleans
1| 9 01 9 6 9 8 9 10 9 33
2 10 10 10 15 10 17 10 19 10 38 3 11 23 11 27 11 28 11 29 11 43
4 morn
morn morn morn moru
5, 0 35
0 38 38
0 39
0 48
6, 1 46
1 48
1 48
1 48
1 52
7
2 59
8! 4 11 4 9
9'
5 22
10 6 32
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
47
10 5010 52 10 5411
9 18 11 47 11 49 11 50 11 51 11 58 19 mnorn morn morn morn 0 47 0 49
EXERCISE .- Throughout all nature, want of motion jocicale morn 20 0 46 47 21 0 45 weakness, corruption, inanimation, nud de th. Trench, in hi 1 45 1 45 1 45 1 45 1 43 damp prison, leaped about like a hon, in his fitter of mwst pounds weight, in order to preserve his health ; an ilete. 22 2 47 : 46 2 45 2 44 2 38 ous physician observes, " I know not which Der 23 3 50 3 48 3 -17 3 45 4 32 24 the support of the human frame, food or molimm."' Bons 4 55 4 51 3 35 1 53 exercise of the body attended to in a correre die drei . will 4 49 6 2 5 56 5 53 5 58 5 34 rises 127 5 26 rises rises 5 38 5 35 riscs 6 that of the mind, men of gret learning wwill be mer b rises 5 33 and vigorous-of more general talent -of cryer ja knowledge-more happy in their dometic in S prising, and more attari I to their date. W . In ! C 6 34 6 40 6 42 6 44 7 |29 7 46 7 7 53 7 55 51 8 16 my with much propriety lwe said, that the highest pf 9 0 9 3 9 5 9 7 8 23 of the mind, without improvement of the londy, can aver 131 10 13|10 16 10 17/10 18 10 29, sent any thing more than half's human being .-
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125 1126
1/ 28
THE LITTLE FACTORY GIRL,
To a more Fortunate Playmate.
Recent attempts in the British Parliament to afford to the children in the manufactories legal protection from severity and over-working, have probably et. cited this poetic appeal in their favour.
often think how once we used in summer field to play. And run about and breathe the air that made us glad and gay,
We used to gather buttercups and chaec the butterfly- loved to feel the light wind lift my bair as it went by !
Do you still play in those Gelds, and are the flowers still there?
[where ! There are no fields where I live now, ao flowers any- But day by day I go and turn a doll and tedious wheel, ou cannot think how sad oud ured, and faint I efica fec !.
I hurry love to match my cal may me her escu pele. "Then back I hav'ın to te lack fot get ta bsu lirv At night my mother kums me, when she baa could ins bair.
And Jait me on my hit'e bel, bet-I'm not happy there-
I start and ask my filter if I bany 's law to have. And once l b ard him sob and say . Ober Der
Than such a life as the for Bee Be It's salou slave!'
I wonder if I ever ball eblain a bolila !.
And then I'll bring . me fewero beer, if you will give me somr.
And at my work I'll think of them, and holidays to come ! TITUL
Days.
Planets' Placca, &c.
Alioth lat. on Mer.
1
D. 1. X.
New
First
11 1 11 Morning.
D Full
18
11
30
Afternoon.
Last 26
3
30
Afternoon.
TOBACCO.
It is really surprising that a single individual could be found, who, after experiencing the distressing sensations almost save. riably produced by the first use of Tobacco, would be willing to risk their recurrence a second time : still more so, that any one should again and again resort to the " noxious wecd," untal, its immediato effects being lessened by habit, it becomes an article of luxury, from the use of which it is found difficult to refrain.
The extreme nausea-pain of the head, and vrugo -- the cold 2 58 2 58 2 57 2 56 3 death-like sweat, and general exhaustion, experienced by the 4 8 4 5 novice in chewing, suntling and smoking, we should imagine 0 5 20 5 7 18 5 16 6 29 would be fully sufficient to prevent the use of tobacco from 6 27 6 2 6 becoming a habit. Yet, such is " the folly and infatuation of the sets scts sets 5 6 31 5 59 6 6 sets 6 56 6 58 human mind," and the power of custom and example, in oppous. tion to prudence and the dictates of nature, that one of the most 7 1 7 26 7 55 3 22 58 disgusting productions of the vegetalde kingdom, "in all places where it has come," to use the quaint expression of Sir Hane I - 3 52 8 54 8 56 9 17 Sloane, " has much bewitched the inhabitants, from the police 9 51 9 53| 9 55 10 12 European, to the barbarous lloucutot."-Jour. of Howles. 6
sets 5 53
5 50
47 7 53
8 47
9 47
A TABLE,
Showing the Time of Sun Rising and Setting for any place in the United States.
To find the time of Sun rising or setting for any place in the United States from the annexed Table: Take the latitude of the place on the top, and the sun's declination on the side, under the former and opposite the latter, will give the time of sun setting or rising.
Observe that this Table is calculated for the de- clination of the snn when North, and that when the declination is South, the time of sun rising exhibited in the Table will be time of sun setting ;- also, the time of sun setting will be time of sun rising.
EXAMPLE I.
Required the time of sun rising and setting at Philadelphia, on 20th May.
In the Almanac for the month of May, oppposite 20, the day of the month, and in the column under sun dec. the sun's declination, is 20 1 N. In the an- nexed Table opposite 20 thus found, and under 40, the latitude of Philadelphia, the numbers 7 11 5 are given; that is 7h. 11m. for sun setting, as marked on the top, and Il minutes before 5 for sun rising.
EXAMPLE II.
Required the time of sun rising and setting at Philadelphia on the 25th of February .
In the Almanac for the month of February, op- posite 25th, the day of the month, and in the column under (sun dee. ) the deelination of the sun, is 9 S. In the annexed Table, opposite 9 thus found, and under 40, the numbers 6 30 6 are given, and agree- able to the directions on the top of the Table, when the declination is North, 6h. 31m. shows the sun
| 30° | S10 | 320 ]
33° | 34°
35°
$6°
37°
S8º
39º
40°
41º /
42°
45°
Sun's dec. N
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising
Sun rising
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H. .
Sun setting II.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising M.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
Sun rising H.
Sun setting H.
M.
H.
0 6
00 66
16 02
6 6
02
6 6
02
6 03
66
66
6
6
6 6 08
11 66
12 6|6
12 66
15 6,6
17 66 18 66 18 66
19 6 6 20 6 6 20 6 6 21
6 6 24 66 25 6 6
6 6 27 66 28 6 6
6 6 30 66 32 6 6
6 6 34 6 6 35 6 6 37 66
38 6
10 6 23 6 6 24 6 6 25 6 6 26 66 27 6 6 28 66 29
6 6 31 66 32 6 6 35 66 6 6
6 6
37 66
38 66
40
6 6
42 6 6 43 6.6
45 6 6 47 6 6 48
48 6 6 50 66 52 66
52 616 54 6 6 56
53 6 6 55 6 6 57 66 59
57 66 59
6 7 01
5 7 03
5 7
06 5 7 08 5 7
11
5
18 6 43 6 6 45
6 6 47 6 6 49 66 51
6 6 53 66
55 616
6 7 00 5 7 02 5 7
05 57 07 5 7
10 5|7 12 57 15 5
19 6 46 6 6 48 6 6 50 6 6 52 66 54 6 6
56 6 6 58
20 6 49 6 6 51 6 6 53 6 6 55 6 6 216 51 66 57 6 6 59 6 7 01 5 7 04 5 7 06 5 7 09 5 7 11 5 7 14 5 7 17 5 7 19 5 53 6 6 56 6 6 58 6 7 00 5 7 02 5 7 05 5 7 07 5 7 10 5 7 12 5 7 15 5 7 18 5 7 21 5 7 24 5 22 6 54 6 6 56 6 6 58 6 7 01 57 03 5 7 06 5 7 08 5 7 11 5 7 14 5 7 16 5 7 19 5 7 22 5 7 25 5 7 29 5 23 6 57 6 6 59 6 7 02 5 7 04 5 7 07 5 7 09 5 7 12 5 7 15 5 7 17 5 7 20 5 7 23 5 7 27 5 7 30 5 7. 33 5
23° 286 58 6 7 00 5 7 03 5|7 05 5 7 08 5 7 11 5 7 14 5 7 16 5 7 19 5 7 22 5 7 25 5 7 29 5 7 32 5 7 36 5
setting, and 31 minutes before six for sun rising ;- but In this instance, as the sun's declination is south, the sun rising must be taken for the sun setting, and the sun setting for the sun rising, as shown in the observation above ;- therefore, on the 25th February, at Philadelphia, the sun sets at 31 minutes before 6, and rises 6h. 31m
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6
26 05
6 6
05
6.6
05
07
6
08
10 66
12 616 13 6 6 13 66 14 € 6
14 6 6 15 6 6 16 66 16 66
18 66 19 6 6 20 66 20 6 6 21 6 6 22 6 6 23
6
8 6 19 6 6 19 6 6 20 6 6 21 66 22 6 6 23 6 6 23 6 6 24 6 6
6
9 6 21 6 6 22 6 6 23 6 6 24 66 25 6 6 25 66 26 6 6 27 6 6 28 6 6 29
27 6 6 28 6 6 29 66 30 6 6 31 66 32 6 6 34
38 66 39 6 6 40 6 6 42 6
12 6 28 6 6
29 6 6 31 6 6 32 66 33 6 6 34 66 36
41 6 6 43 6 6 44 6 6 46 6
13 6 31 6 6 32 6 6 33 6 6 34 66 36 6 6 37 66 39 6 6 40 6 6 146 33 616 34 6 6 36 616 37 66 39 6 6 40 66 42 6 6 43 66
52 66
54 6
15 6 36 6 6 37 6 6 39 6 6 40 6 6 42 6 6 43 6 6 45 6 6
16 6 38 6 6 40 6 6 41 6 6 43 6 6 45 6 6 46 6 6 48 6 6 50 66
176 41 6 6 42 6|6 44 6 6 46 66
48 6 6 49 66 51 66
47 66
6
6 06
09
6 6
6 6
03 06 10
6 6 07
6 6
07
6 6
07
6 6
6 6 11
6
36 07
09 66
13 66 14 6 6 14 66
15
5
46
56 12 66
17 66
6 6
22 66
22 6
66 14 66
76 16 66 17 6 6 18 616
25 6 6 26
13 6 6 -13 66
16 6 6 16 66 17 66
00 6
6 00
00
66
3
6
6 04 6
6
6
66 03
6 6
6 6
03
6 6
6 6 03
10
66
10
66
11
00
6
00 66
00 6
6 00
6 6
0 6 6
00 6,6
0
6
6 00 6,6 00
6 6
6 6
6 6 6 6
09 66
03 06
66 06
66 11 66
09
10 66
3 05
6 05
6 6 os
66 08
Sun setting H.
M.
H.
M.
H.
M.
M.
M.
H.
M.
M.
M.
M.
Sun rising
M.
M.
M.
6 6
6
10 6 6
18 66 19 6
25 6 6 26
29 6 6 30
33
6 6 34
11 6 26 66
45 66 46 6 6 48 66 50 6
6 6 50 66
54 6 6 56 66
58 6 7 00 57
02 5
02 5 7 04 5 7 06 5
58 6
33
36 6 6
6 6
6 7
66
Desilver's Almanac.
26
6 00 6 6 00
14 66 15 66
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Desilver's Almanac.
TABLE,
Showing the number of Days from January 1st to any other Day in the l'eer.
Day of Month.
Jan.
Feb.
March.]
April.
May.
June.
July.
August
Sept.
Oct.
Nos.
1
0
31
59
90
120
151
181
212
243
50-1
334
1
52
60
91
121
152
182
215
244
274
303
535
S
$3
61
92
122
153
183
214
245
275
500
556
4
S
34
62
93
123
154
184
215
246
2.6
50
35:
5
4
35
63
94
124
155
185
216
247
$09
558
6
5
$6
64
95
125
156
186
217
2.18
278
309
339
7
6
37
65
96
126
157
187
218
249
279
510
340
8
188
219
250
280
511
541
9
8
39
67
98
128
159
189
220
251
281
312
3-4 2
10
9
40
68
99
129
160
190
221
252
282
513
343
12
11
42
70
101
131
162
192
223
254
284
315
345
15
12
43
71
102
132
163
193
224
255
285
516
346
14
13
44
72
103
133
164
194
225
256
15
14
45
(2
104
134
165
195
226
257
16
15
46
74
105
135
166
196
2227
258
288
519
350
18
17
48
76
107
137
168
198
200
260
090
321
331
19
18
49
77
108
138
169
199
230
261
291
332
20
19
50
78
109
139
170
200
251
262
292
321
354
22
21
52
80
111
141
172
20-2
233
264
294
$25
353
23
22
53
81
119
142
173
234
265
295
326
540
21
23
54
115
145
174
204
235
266
296
325
35:
25
24
55
85
114
144
125
205
236
26
25
56
84
115
145
176
206
27
26
57
85
116
146
177
20.
238
£69
2.0
$00
351
261
29
28
87
118
148
179
240
2.1
501
30
29
88
119
149
180
210
241
502
333
31
30
89
150
211
503
11
10
41
69
100
130
161
191
255
283
314
312
517
17
16
47
75
10G
136
16.
197
228
259
259
520
21
20
51
79
110
140
171
201
252
263
293
328
558
28
27
58
86
117
147
178
208
239
293
350
559
66
97
127
158
344
$18
549
The above Table shows the number of days from the first of January to any given day in the year. Thus, to find the number of days from January Ist to August 17th. under the given month August, and in the same horizontal line with the day of the month, the required number, 228 will be found. The number of days between any two given dates may be found thus: from the number of the table correspondling to the latter date, subtract that corresponding to the former date. For example, what num. ber of days is there from March 9th to Juve SOth The number for June Wik is 150, that for March 9th is 67, the difference, 103, is the number of days required. If a note at 60 days be given on the 9th of May, when will it be duc? To the number corresponding to May 9, viz. 123, add 60, which makes , 85-find this number in the table, and corresponding with this will be the month and day on which the nete be- comes due, viz. July 8. But if the sum should be more than 565, subtract SAS from it, and find the remainder in the table, the month and day answering will be fer the following year. Thus, if the note had been dated November 19th, add 60 to 522, the sum is 382, and from this take 365, the remainder 17 corresponds to January 18, the time required.
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Desilver's Almanac.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE WEATHER.
THERE is, perhaps, no subject of more universal interest in the whole range of natural knowledge tha tha't of the unceasing fluctuations which take place in the atmosphere in which we are immersed. Th interest, the health, the enjoyment, or the convenience of every one is, more or lesss, constantly affected b the' weather, and the general anxiety hence arising gives rise to perpetual endeavours to prognosticate it changes. In this, as in more important matters, the curiosity and credulity of the ignorant have been mad the sport of the artful and designing; and prophecies upon this subject, if less injurious than upon others have certainly not been less absurd.
But although we neither pretend to prophesy ourselves, nor to teach the art of prophesying to others, wi are of opinion that useful anticipations may be formed upon the safe principle, that like causes always produc like effects. It is thus that we anticipate cold in winter and heat in summer: and, for reasons not quite a' obvious, but which will be hercafter explained, we expect the driest winds in March, and a period of heavy rain in July. We abjure the legend of St. Swithin, but do not doubt the experience upon which it wa: engrafted. We have great respect, also, for the judgment of the gardener and the mariner upon atmospheric changes; for they form their opinions upon constant observations of phenomena which escape the attention o those who are less exposed to their influence. Observations such as these science will aid and extend, no change; and, we doubt not, that if the same pains were taken to spread the knowledge of useful invention! in this department of science, as have hitherto been devoted to perpetuate error, the spirit of inquiry, assisted by such artificial means, would largely extend our knowledge of Meteorology* and its useful applications Of the advantages of such a union, we have a remarkable instance in our own days, in the adoption of the Marine Barometer. Even common sailors are now acquainted with the use of this instrument, and to its timely warnings many a valuable ship is acknowledged to owe its preservation.
Such useful knowledge in this department of nature, it will be our nim to substitute for the absurdities with which the popular almanacs have hitherto been disfigured. The unfolding of our plan we must Icave to time : for few people can be aware of the extent of the information which may be extracted from the works of different individuals who have made this subject their study: information, however, which has never been collected into a popular form; but which it shall be our endeavour to divest of such unnecessary obscurity as the less learned are subject to find in the observations of scientific men.
The first step which we shall take for this purpose is to explain, as concisely as possible, the meaning of the terms in which the observations in the following pages are recorded, referring for a more full account of the practical use which may be made of them, to our subsequent ALMANACS and the Treatises on meteo- rology.
The Barometer, by which the first is measured, is an instrument now too well known to require description in the limited space to which this explanation must necessarily be confined. We shall, however, have some- thing to say, hereafter, upon this instrument, and of some misconceptions of its use. The observations are recorded in inches and thousandth parts of an inch of mercury. The Thermometer, by which the variations of heat are ascertaincd, is also generally known. The temperature registered is that of the air in the shade: but, besides this, the power of the sun's rays is recorded, and the force of terrestrial radiation; which we can- not here further explain than by describing it as the cold produced at night upon a plot of short grass exposed to the full aspect of the sky; and which, in clear and calm weather is always considerably below the tempe- rature of sheltered situations. The Hygrometer, by which the state of the atmosphere is ascertained with regard to moisture, is not as generally known as the two preceding instruments, and will, hereafter, require a full description: it must be sufficient, at present, to remark, that it is a contrivance by which the degree of temperature is readily noted at which moisture begins to be deposited upon a cold body, as we see in sum- mer in the familiar instances of a bottle of wine brought from a cellar, or decanter of water fresh filled from a well. This degree is called the dew-point; nnd from it the degree of dryness may be accurately calculated, and the force or elasticity of the atmosphere of steam, which is always mingled with the air.
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