LEADER 02815nam 2200373Ia 450 001 996389127703316 005 20210104172047.0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000095992 035 $a(EEBO)2240871980 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn857312539e 035 $a(OCoLC)857312539 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000095992 100 $a20130830d1686 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 10$aEdinburghs true almanack, or, A new prognostication for the year of our Lord, 1686$b[electronic resource] $ebeing the second year after bissextile or leap year, and from the creation of the world, 5635, exactly calculated according to art, for the meridian of the most famous city of Edinburgh, whose latitude is 56. d. 00 m. and longitude is 11 d. 37 m. from Pico Taniriff, according to the newest tables, advertisement, that Mr Duncan Liddel doth still mantain the errors of his last years almanack, and brings in a gross and ignorant contradiction as his greatest argument, by comparing the old and new stile, making but 3 dayes between their feasts and ours; & yet contesseth that there is 10 dayes between their account and ours, which agreeth with the feasts in mine, after which he bringeth in a notorious lye, in saying, I was taught by a weaver in Dublin, whereas I was never in Dublin to this day : as also, there is a counterfit Edinburgh almanack full of gross errors, copied by the heirs of Andrew Anderson, from my last years almanack, and the Aberdeens almanack, for the year 1686, which also is but a counterfit it self, copied from the ephemeris of Wing and Gadbury, as themselves confess, and the more easie to deceive the countrey, they call themselves a lover of the mathematicks, whereas the mathematicks hath no greater enemy, then these ignorant almanack-makers, and if not discharged to proceed therein, they shall err 3 weeks in the feasts for 1687, to the great loss of this kingdom in the fairs and terms of the year /$fby James Paterson mathematician 210 $aEdinburgh $cPrinted by John Reid$dfor the year 1686 215 $a[16] p. $cill 300 $aTitle vignette; initials. 300 $aImperfect: tightly bound with some loss of text. 300 $aReproduction of original in: Signet Library (Great Britain). 330 $aeebo-0145 606 $aAstrology$vEarly works to 1800 608 $aAlmanacs$zScotland$zEdinburgh$y17th century.$2rbgenr 608 $aEphemerides$zScotland$zEdinburgh$y17th century.$2rbgenr 615 0$aAstrology 700 $aPaterson$b James$c(Mathematician)$0832569 702 $aReid$b John$factive 1680-1716, 801 0$bUMI 801 1$bUMI 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996389127703316 996 $aEdinburghs true almanack, or, A new prognostication for the year of our Lord, 1686$92379775 997 $aUNISA