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View representing to the Eye the Observations of the Weather for a Month.

Days of the Month and Place of the Sun.	Remarkable Houses.	Age and Sign of the Moon at Noon.	The Quarters of the Wind and its Strength.		The Degree of Heat and Cold.	The Degree of Dryness and Moisture.		The Degree of Pressure.	The Faces or visible Appearances of the Sky.	The notablest Effects.	General Deductions to be made after the Side is fitted with Observations: As,
	4		W.	2	93/8	2	5	291/10	Clear Blue, but Yellowish in the N. E clouded toward the S. checker'd Blue.	A great Dew Thunder, far to the South. A very great Tide.	From the last Q. of the Moon to the Change the Weather was very temperate, but cold for the Season; the Wind pretty constant between N. & W. A little before the last great Wind, and till the Wind rose at its highest the Quick-silver continued descending till if came very low; after which it began to reascend, &c.
	8	27		3	121/2
14	12	♉ 9.46	|	31/3	16	2	8
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	4
12.46	8	Perigeu.			101/8	2	9
	12		W.SW	1	71/2			23/2
	8		N.W.	3	9	28	1/2	291/10	A clear Sky all Day, but little checker'd at 4. P. M. it Sun-set red and hazy.	Not by much so big a Tide as Yesterday. Thunder in the North.
15				4
♊	4	28	N.	2	81/2	2	9
13.40	5	♉ 24.5		1
	10				7	2	10	29
	10	N Moon at 7. 25 A.M.	S.	1	10	10		281/2	Overcast and very lowering.	No Dew upon the Ground, but very, much upon Marble-stones &c.
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14.37		♊ 10.8
		&c.	&c.		&c.	&c.		&c.