THE Gentleman's Diary, OR THE MATHEMATICAL REPOSITORY; An ALMANACK For the YEAR of our LORD, 1758, BEING The Second after BISSEXTILE, or LEAP-YEAR. Containing many useful and entertaining Particulars, peculiarly adapted to the ingenious Gentlemen engaged in the delightful Study and Practice of the MATHEMATICKS. The Eighteenth Almanack published of this Kind; and the Sixth of the NEW STYLE in England. Quâ causâ argentea Phoebe Paffibus haud æquis graditur; cur fubdita nulli LONDON Printed for the Company of STATIONE MDCCLVNI. [Price Nine-pence stitch'd] OME A compleat Courfe of mechanical and experimental Philofophy, Aftronomy, and Geography; confifting of Mechanicks, their Principles, the Laws of Motion and the feveral Operations of Engines fhewn. Hydrofaticks; cxplaining the Properties of Fluids, their furprifing Phenomena fhewn, and experimentally accounted for. Optics, confidering direct, reflex, and refracted Vifion. Pneumaticks, fhewing the Properties of the Air, depending on its Preffure, and Elafticity; the manner how it is vitiated, and how purified; with Variety of Experiments upan the Air-pump. Aftronomy; explained by a new and curious Orrery; with Telescopes, &c. As alfo the Ufe of Globes, &c. performed by THO. PEAT, Writing Mafter and Arcomptant, Nottingham. The Inftruments made ufe of to illuftrate these Experiments are exceeding curious, beautiful, accurate and compleat. Particularly a fine Orrery, as improved by Meff. Cole and Son, Succeffors to Mr. Wright Mathematical Inftrument-maker to his Majefly, with a curious Model of a Fire Engine, a friction_ Machine, &c. The Courfe confifts of fourteen Lectures, and the Charge of attending it, is one Guinea to each Subfcriber. Hist. f science. Boutela 9-11-31 All Perfons who are pleased to be Contributors to this DIARY, by anfwering the Queftions, Enigmas, &c. or by fending us hew ones, or other Subjects proper for the Work; are dered to fend them, and their Solutions along with them, before the first Day of May 1758, directed for the Authors of the Gentleman's DIARY, to be left with Tho. Peat, Schoolmafter in Caflegate, Nottingham; and no where else (Poft paid) Décl A Circ. New Y. D. 1 S. aft. Christmas11A 17 50 2M Day 7 hours 53 minutes long, Morn. 3 Tu being Low increased, and Nights o 4W decreated, a quarter of an hour. 5 Th Old Christmas Day. 6F. Epiph. CHRIST'S app to Gentiles SDays are daily growing longer. 8 A Sunday after Epiphany. 9M Canterbury.eclips'd, Invif. 42 56 43 26 بناه I 35 7 II 24 2 45 3 3 59 8 51 5 14 9 45 6 2610 44 13F Hilary, Bith. and Conf. Prefton, Lanc. 9 12 3 46 15 14S We will not talk ef bad Weather this Year 2 Sunday after Epiphany. 15 M Hickford, Lanc.. 17T Tavistock, Devonshire. 18 W Days increafed above half an hour. 19Th (Fair at otting the 20) 20 F In eight Days or St. Hil. 1. Ret. 21 Sgnes, Rom. V. and Mart. Bristol. Morn. 6 [. 6 2 137 3 4 38 26 131 58 44 8638 40 22 A Septuagefima Sunday. 6 1810 531 23 M Days 8 hours 40 min.long. 7 611 46 24 Tu Derby, eclipfed Rifes Morn. 25 W Converfion of St. PAUL. 5A44 O 26 Th Days increased one hour. 6 47 I 27 F From the Day of St. Hil. in 15 D. 28 S Nights are fhortening apace. 29 A Sexagefima Sunday. 30 M King CHAR. I. martyr'd, &c. DIORitessers Sets 24 Kites & Rifes | 9 Sets 1 8 43 567A 18 5M317 A 23 8 A 7 55 016 59 5 1516 1016 3614 2515 42 47 28 4 4. 55 14 A 31 4 15 568 27 8 18 4 55 245 26 8 47 6 54 18 208 45 10 211 |