The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac ... for Daily Use and Diversio, Volume 2Pub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Anecdotes |
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... observations in this city be included , is 36-34 ° . But this mean has a range , in termed the lunar variation of the tempera- ten years , of about 10-25 ° , which may be ture . It holds equally in the decade , beginning with 1797 , ...
... observations in this city be included , is 36-34 ° . But this mean has a range , in termed the lunar variation of the tempera- ten years , of about 10-25 ° , which may be ture . It holds equally in the decade , beginning with 1797 , ...
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... observations com- mencing with the year 1797 , and ending with 1816 . For the first three years , Mr. Howard's observations were conducted at Plaistow , a village about three miles and a half N. N. E. of the Royal Observatory at ...
... observations com- mencing with the year 1797 , and ending with 1816 . For the first three years , Mr. Howard's observations were conducted at Plaistow , a village about three miles and a half N. N. E. of the Royal Observatory at ...
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... observed at the court of England by grand entertainments and tournaments . The justings were continued till a period little favourable to such sports . In the reign of James I. , when his son prince Henry was in the 16th year of his age ...
... observed at the court of England by grand entertainments and tournaments . The justings were continued till a period little favourable to such sports . In the reign of James I. , when his son prince Henry was in the 16th year of his age ...
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... observed in the neighbourhood of Wor- cester by the Anti - Gregorians , full as sociably , if not so religiously , as formerly . In several villages , the parishioners so strongly insisted upon having an Old- style nativity sermon , as ...
... observed in the neighbourhood of Wor- cester by the Anti - Gregorians , full as sociably , if not so religiously , as formerly . In several villages , the parishioners so strongly insisted upon having an Old- style nativity sermon , as ...
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... observed , that London was this day in- volved , for several hours , in palpable darkness . The shops , offices , & c . , were necessarily lighted up ; but , the streets not being lighted as at night , it required no small care in the ...
... observed , that London was this day in- volved , for several hours , in palpable darkness . The shops , offices , & c . , were necessarily lighted up ; but , the streets not being lighted as at night , it required no small care in the ...
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