Perth's true almanack; or A new prognostication for the year of our Lord 1719. : Being the third after the bissectile or leap year, and from the creation of the world 5668. Calculated exactly (according to art) for the meridian of the town of Perth, where the arctick pole is elevated 56 deg. 26 min. above the horizon, in 3 deg. 11 min. of longitude west from London. Wherein is contain'd the true and exact time of the new and full moons, with their quarters; and monthly disposition of the weather, and whole known fairs in Scotland; a most large and exact description (from the Caroline tables) of the solar and lunar eclipse, which falls upon the 18th of August; together with a large table, shewing the rising and setting of the sun in the meridian of Perth each day of the year, with several usual tables, and other memorable things and curious niceties, not to be found in other almanacks. /
Stobie, Patrick,author.
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John Moncur printed in Edinburgh 1707-29. In additon to short-lived newspapers he launched the unsuccessful 'Edinburgh New Almanack' (1712-15) alongside numerous educational, devotional works and popular pieces of street literature.
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Extensive manuscript inscriptions on the verso of the front board and on blank pages at the end. The notes are clearly from a resident of Scotland and feature personal accounts interspersed with commonplace astronomical, classical, and chronological observations.
Almanacs,Scottish
Scotland Edinburgh.