The description and use of the nocturnal by M. Samuel Foster ... ; with the addition of a ruler, shewing the measures of inches and other parts of most countries, compared with our English ones ; being useful for all merchants & tradesmen.

Author: Foster, Samuel, d. 1652.1685

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The Description and Use of the NOCTURNAL; By M [...] Samuel Foster, late Reader of Astronomy in Gresham-Colledge.

With the Addition of a Ruler, shewing the Measures of Inches and other Parts of most Countries, compared with our English ones; Being useful for all Merchants & Tradesmen.

THIS Nocturnal is made of two Plates; the thick Plate (which I call the Mater) and a Moveable Plate, representing the Aequinoctial. On the Mater, the Circle doth represent the Eccliptick. All the rest of the Writing, is the Names of as many of the Fixed Stars as the bigness of the Instrument will give leave. To these must be added an Index or Label, fastned at the Center, to cut the several Circles upon the Instrument.

The Use of the Nocturnal.

1. SET the Label to the Sun's Place in the Zodiack, and the Hour of Twelve in the Aequinoctial to the Star, whose time of coming to the Meridian you enquire after; and then look what hour and minute is cut by the Label in the Aequinoctial, for that is the hour of the Day or Night that the same Star will come to the South Part of the Meridian.

But you must observe, that the hours are marked in the Aequinoctial in this manner, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Now the Difficulty lyeth, in finding whether the minutes you shall find cut by the Label in the Aequinoctial, doth belong [Page 2] to the upper row of hours, Viz. 12, 1, 2, 3, 4 5, or to the under row, Viz. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; and whether from Noon, or from Midnight: In order to this you must know in what Sign the Star is that you observe, and take notice how far it is distant from the Place where the ☉ is that day; if it be not above three whole Signs, the Minute cut by the Label, belongeth to the upper row of hours to be accounted from Noon; and if the Distance of the Star, and of the ☉ be four, five, or six Signs, then the said Minute cut by the Label belongeth to the under row of hours, accounted also from Noon: but if the Distance of the ☉ and Star be 7, 8, or 9 Signs, then the Minute belongeth to the upper row of hours accounted from Midnight. Lastly, if the Distance of the ☉ and Star be 10, 11, or 12 Signs, then the Minute belongeth to the under row of hours, accounted from Midnight. All which beforesaid shall be made clear by Examples.

Example the first. The ☉ being in the beginning of ♌; when will Spica ♍ come to the Meridian? Set the Label to the beginning of ♌, and the hour 12 in the Aequinoctial to Spica ♍ then will the Label cut the 59th. Minute after 4, or after 10; now this Star being in ♎, which is not above three Signs from ♌, it must be after 4 of the Clock from Noon. I conclude then that the ☉ being in the beginning of ♌, the Spica ♍ will come to the South at 4^h. 59′ past Noon.

Example II. When will the same Star come to the Meridian, the ☉ being in the 10th. degree of ♊? The Label being set to the 10 of ♊, and 12 to the Star, as before, the Label shall cut the 35 Minute after 2 or 8; now it must be after 8, because the ☉ is above three Signs distant from the Star, and yet not seven Signs; so Spica ♍ will come to the Meridian at 8^h. 35′ past Noon.

Example III. When will the same Spica ♍ come to the Meridian, the ☉ being in ♓ the 5th. Degree?

[Page 3]The Label being set to the 5° of ♓, shall cut 41′ after 2, or 8; but it must be 2, and after Midnight past, because the distance of the ☉ and the Star is above six whole Signs, and not nine.

Example IV. Working after the same manner, you will find that the same Star will come to the Meridian at 9h. 58′ past Midnight, the ☉ being in the 20° 00′ of ♏. I take the lower row of hours, and say, that 'tis after Midnight, because the ☉ is above nine Signs distant from the Star. NB. These Precepts are fitted to an Instrument made for 1671.

Additions to the Instrument, in Brass; made by Mr. R. Aug. 1st. 1684.

Calculated for the Year 1700, which will make some little difference in the aforesaid Precepts.

IF in this Instrument you set down to the several Stars their respective several Declinations, and by adding either an A, or B, according to the Declination of either Austral or Boreal, you shall have the height of the Star when it cometh to the Meridian, Viz. by adding the Declination to the height of the Aequinoctial, when the said Declination is Northward, and by taking the Declination from the height of the Aequinoctial when the Declination is Southward.

[Page 4]As for Example. Suppose I desire to know when Cor ♌ shall come to the Meridian, what will be his Altitude in the Latitude of London 51° 30′. The height of the Aequinoctial is 38° 30′, to which add the Stars North Declination, 13° 02′ [...] the Summe is 51° 32′ the Altitude required.

So the Altitude of the Spica ♍ in the Meridian will be found to be 28° 57′ in the same Latitude; for the height of the Aequinoctial is 38° 30′; from which take the Stars South Declination 9° 33′, the Remainder is 28° 57′.

I have so contrived this Instrument, that by making two little square holes in the Moveable Plate, the first sheweth you in what Sign the Star is, which is absolutely necessary to be known, to judge of the distance between the ☉ and the Star (as you have been taught before) and the second shews the Magnitude of the Star.

To know at any time proposed, what Point of the Eccliptick is in the Meridian.

Suppose the ☉ to be in the beginning of ♉, I desire to know what Degree of the Eccliptick shall be in the Meridian at 15′ past Five in the Afternoon.

I lay the hour given to the Sun's Place, and then I find over against the 12 a Clock line of the Aequinoctial, 15° 20′ of ♋; and that is the Degree that was then in the Meridian.

To know when any of the Planets shall come to the Meridian.

The Planets, because of their continual changing of Place, cannot be set fixt in this Nocturnal: Nevertheless, if at any time you desire to know their time of coming to the Meridian, you must look in some Ephemeris for the Place of the Planet, and according as you find it, set it with Black-Lead on your Instrument, which if it be in Brass, shall be easily put out. The Planet thus set, shall be as a Fixed [Page 5] Star, and its time of coming to the Meridian found out, as that of any of the Fixed Stars.

But Note, that if it be the Moon that you observe, you must allow about a degree for every two hours past since Noon; and thus you shall have her true Place; for the Ephemeris gives you her Place only at Noon.

For Example. When will the Moon come to the Meridian on Ianuary the 1st. 168 4/5?

The ☉ is then in ♑ 22° 5′, and the Moon in ♈ 10° 12′. Now placing the Moon on my Instrument in ♈ 10° 12′, I find that the Moon shall come to the Meridian at a little past 5 in the Afternoon: and because there are five hours past since Noon, I must for these five hours allow two degrees and a half to the Moon's Place, and so set it to ♈ 13° 00′; which being done, I shall find the Moon's true hour of coming to the Meridian, and that is at about 5h. 15′ past Five in the Afternoon.

Hitherto is the Instrument general to all those that live on this side the Aequioctial; and may serve to any Intelligent Man that shall have South Declination.

But besides, I have made two little Windows in the Moveable Plate, but the Figures of them are Calculated for the Meridian of London, or any other Place that is under the same Latitude of 51° 30′.

The first Window shews the Semi-Nocturnal Arch of the Star in Hours and Minutes; and the Use of it is to know the time of the Stars Rising and Setting, as also how long it continues above the Horizon.

First. For the Rising, take the Semi-Nocturnal Arch from the time of the Stars coming to the Meridian, and the Remainder gives you the time of the Stars Rising. So the ☉ being in the beginning of ♊, the Spike of the Virgin comes to the Meridian at 9h. 18′ after Noon, from which take the Stars——5 11, Semi-Nocturnal Arch, there remains——4 07, which is the time of the Stars Rising in the Afternoon.

Secondly, For the Setting, add the Semi-Nocturnal Arch to the time of coming to the Meridian, and the Summe gives the time of the Stars Setting.

[Page 6]So on the same day, the ☉ being in the beginning of ♊, the Spike of the Virgin coming to the Meridian at 9h. 18′ if you [...]dd to it the Star's Semi-nocturnal Arch, 5 11′ the Summe is 14h. 29′ past Noon, or 2h. 29′ past Midnight.

Thirdly, For the time of the Stars being above the Horizon, double the Semi-Nocturnal Arch, and the Summe is the time of the Star's being above the Horizon.

The other Window sheweth the Star's Amplitude in Degrees and Minutes, which is counted from the East towards the North, when the Star's Declination is North; and from the East to South, when the Declination is South: Where note, that the Stars Set at the same Distance from the West that they Rise from the East.

This Instrument was first invented by Mr. Samuel Foster, and given to me, drawn upon Pastboard by his own hand, which is still in my Power; but the Additions to it were put in by an Ingenious Gentleman of the French Nation, and by him drawn in Brass, which I received from him, and will keep for his Sake.

The following Table is made to insert all the Stars expressed there according to their Right Ascensions, which is fourfold as great as the true is, the Nature of the Instrument requiring it to be so; because the Aequinoctial, which should be divided into twenty four hours, is divided but into six hours.

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A Table
	A.	R.	As Rec. 4.		Decli.		Semi-Diurnal Arch.		Amplit.
	°	′					h.	mi.
Lucid. Comae Beren. ♎	182	45	731	00	30	06	8	48	53	30
Lucid. Lyrae ♑.	276	42	1106	48	38	32	24	00	00	00
Syrius. ♋.	98	00	392	00	16	15	4	33	26	43
Vindemiatrix. ♎.	191	53	767	32	[...]2	35	7	05	[...]	30
Spica Virginis. ♎.	197	23	789	32	9	33	5	11	15	27
Procyon. ♋.	110	57	443	48	6	00	6	30	9	40
Aquila. ♑.	294	06	1176	24	8	07	6	41	13	07
Luc. cap. Arieties. ♈.	27	38	110	32	22	03	8	04	37	05
Arcturus. ♏.	210	34	842	16	20	49	7	55	34	49
Cauda Delphin. ♒.	304	30	1218	00	10	14	6	54	16	35
Austra lanx ♎. ♏.	218	37	874	28	14	45	7	17	24	09
Cap. Medus. ♉.	42	15	169	00	39	47	12	00	00	00
Bo. lanx. ♎. ♏.	225	16	901	04	8	14	5	18	13	18
Luc. Hydr. ♌.	138	16	553	04	7	22	5	22	11	53
Luc. Pleiad. ♉.	52	26	209	44	23	10	8	11	39	12
Luc. Coron. Sep. ♏.	230	31	922	4	27	45	8	46	48	25
Os Pega. ♒,	322	28	1289	52	8	31	6	44	13	46
Med. nex. col. Serp: ♏	232	27	929	48	7	25	6	38	11	52
Bo. Fron. Scor. ♏.	237	02	948	08	18	57	4	18	31	27
Antares ♐. cor ♏.	242	50	971	20	25	42	3	30	44	00
Cor Leonis. ♌.	148	08	592	32	13	02	7	08	21	15
Luc. colli Leonis. ♌.	150	51	603	24	21	21	7	58	35	48
Luc. colli Peg. ♑.	336	30	1346	00	09	10	6	47	14	50
In basi Crater. ♍.	161	10	644	40	16	33	4	32	27	14
Marchab. Pega. ♓.	342	30	1370	00	13	37	7	11	22	13
Rigel. ♎.	75	07	300	28	8	33	5	16	13	49
Sin. Hum. Orion. ♊.	77	17	309	08	6	03	6	31	9	45
Cing. Orion. ♊.	80	18	321	12	1	24	5	54	2	15
Caput Ophiuci. ♐.	260	16	1041	04	12	49	7	06	20	52
Cauda Leonis. ♍.	173	28	693	52	16	13	7	26	26	39
Seq. Hum. Orion. ♊.	84	48	339	12	7	20	6	37	11	50
Cuspis Sagit. ♐.	266	00	1064	00	30	22	2	50	54	18
Cap. Andromed. ♓.	358	16	1433	04	27	28	8	44	47	48
Extrem. ala Pegas. ♓.	359	30	1438	00	13	32	7	10	22	05
Aldeban Tauri. ♊.	64	43	258	52	15	53	7	24	26	05

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				The 5.		10		15		20		25
		°	′	°	′	°	′	°	′	°	′	°	′
♈	♎	00	00	18	20	36	44	55	12	73	48	92	36
♉	♏	111	36	130	48	150	16	170	04	190	08	210	32
♊	♐	231	12	252	08	273	24	294	52	316	28	338	12
♋	♑	360	00	381	48	403	32	425	08	446	36	467	48
♌	♒	488	48	509	28	529	52	549	56	569	44	589	12
♍	♓	608	24	627	24	646	12	664	48	6 [...]3	16	701	40

FINIS.

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In the Diagonall Scale you haue London foot Divided into 1000 Equal parts, Whereof

(France)

Paris Foot is ... 1:068
Lions Ell ... 3:976
Boloine Ell ... 2 076

The XVII Provinces

Amsterdam foot ... 0:942
Ell ... 2:269
Antwerp foot ... 0:948
Brill foot ... 5:103
Dort foot ... 1:184
Leyden foot ... 1:133
Ell ... 2:260
Lorain foot ... 0:958
Mecalin foot ... 0:919
Middleburg foo 0:991

Germany

Strasburg foot ... 0:920
Bremen foot ... 0:964
Cologne foot ... 0:9 [...]
Francfort foot ...0:948
Menain foot ... 0:948
Ell ... 1:826
Hamburg Ell ... 1 905
Leipsig Ell ... 2:260
Lubeck Ell ... 1 903
Noremberg foot ... 1:006
Ell ... 2:227
Bavaria foot ... 0:954
Vienna foot ... 1 053

Spain & Portugall

Spainish or Castil. palm: 751
Spanish Vare or rod 3:004
Spanish foot ... 3:004
Lisbon Vare ... 2:750
Gibralter Vare ... 2:760
Toledo foot ... 0:399
Vare ... 2:685

Italy

Roman foot on the Monum of Cossutius 0:967
of Statelius 0:972
Roman foot for building w. of 10 make y^e Cauna 0 722
Bononia foot ... 1 204
Ell ... 2 113
[Page]Bononian Perch w: of 500 to a Mile ... 12:040
Florence Brace, or ell 1:913
Naples Palm ... 0:861
Brace ... 2:100
Cauna ... 6:880
Genoa Palm ... 0 830
Mantua foot ... 1 569
Milan Calamus 6:544
Parma Cubit ... 1:860
Venice foot ... 1 162

Other Places

Danzick foot ... 0:944
Ell ... 1:903
Copenhagen foot 0:965
Prague foot ... 1:026
Riga foot ... 1:831
China cubit ... 1 016
Turin foot ... 1 062
Cairo cubit ... 1 824
Persian Arash ... 3 197
Turkish Pike at Constantinop: the greater 2:20 [...]
The Greek foot ... 1: [...]07
Moutons vniversal foot ... 0 675 Note: A Pendulum of w^ch length will Vibrate 132 times in a minute, A Pendulum of 3 foot 268 parts long will Vibrate 60 times in a minut [...]

Ex: per me Jonas Moor

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Tabula Ascensionum Obliquarum ad Latitudinem 51 deg. 00 min.
° ′	♈		♉		♊		♋		♌		♍		♎		♏		♐		♑		♒		♓
0	0	00	13	21	30	46	57	31	95	10	137	33	180	00	222	27	264	50	302	29	329	14	346	39
1	0	25	13	50	31	29	58	37	96	33	138	59	181	24	223	52	266	12	303	34	329	56	347	08
2	0	50	14	20	32	13	59	44	97	56	140	24	182	49	225	17	267	34	304	38	330	38	347	37
3	1	16	14	50	32	57	60	51	99	19	141	50	184	03	226	43	268	56	305	41	331	19	348	0 [...]
4	1	41	15	20	33	42	61	59	100	42	143	15	185	38	228	08	270	18	306	44	331	59	348	3 [...]
5	2	07	15	50	34	27	63	08	102	06	144	40	187	03	229	34	271	39	307	46	332	58	349	0 [...]
6	2	32	16	21	35	13	64	18	103	30	146	06	188	27	230	59	272	59	308	47	333	16	349	3 [...]
7	2	58	16	53	36	00	65	29	104	54	147	31	189	52	232	25	274	19	309	47	333	54	349	5 [...]
8	3	24	17	24	36	48	66	40	106	18	148	56	191	16	233	52	275	39	310	46	334	32	350	2 [...]
9	3	50	17	56	37	36	67	52	107	42	150	21	192	41	235	17	276	58	311	44	335	10	350	5 [...]
10	4	16	18	28	38	25	69	04	109	07	151	46	194	06	236	42	278	17	312	42	335	47	351	20
11	4	42	19	01	39	15	70	17	110	32	153	11	195	30	238	08	279	35	313	39	336	23	351	4 [...]
12	5	08	19	34	40	05	71	30	111	57	154	36	196	55	239	33	280	52	314	35	336	59	352	14
13	5	34	20	07	40	56	72	44	113	22	156	01	198	20	240	58	282	10	315	30	337	35	352	41
14	6	00	20	40	41	48	73	59	114	47	157	26	199	45	242	23	283	28	316	25	338	11	353	08
15	6	26	21	14	42	41	75	15	116	12	158	50	201	10	243	48	284	45	317	19	338	46	353	34
16	6	52	21	49	43	35	76	32	117	37	160	15	202	34	245	13	286	01	318	12	339	20	354	00
17	7	19	22	25	44	30	77	50	119	02	161	40	203	59	216	38	287	16	319	04	339	53	354	2 [...]
18	7	46	23	01	45	25	79	08	120	27	163	05	205	24	248	03	288	30	319	55	340	26	354	52
19	8	13	23	37	46	21	80	25	121	52	164	30	206	49	249	28	289	43	320	45	340	59	355	18
20	8	42	24	13	47	18	81	43	123	18	165	54	208	14	250	53	290	56	321	35	341	32	355	44
21	9	07	24	50	48	16	83	02	124	43	167	19	209	39	252	18	292	08	322	24	342	04	356	10
22	9	35	25	28	49	14	84	21	126	09	168	44	211	04	253	42	293	20	323	12	342	36	356	36
23	10	02	26	06	50	13	85	41	127	35	170	08	212	29	255	06	294	31	324	00	343	07	357	02
24	10	30	26	4 [...]	51	13	87	01	129	01	171	32	213	54	256	30	295	42	324	47	343	39	357	28
25	10	58	27	22	52	14	88	21	130	26	172	57	215	20	257	54	296	52	325	33	344	10	357	53
26	11	26	28	01	53	16	89	42	131	52	174	22	216	45	259	18	298	01	326	18	344	40	358	19
27	11	55	28	41	54	19	91	04	133	17	175	47	218	10	260	41	299	09	327	03	345	10	358	44
28	12	23	29	22	55	22	92	26	134	43	177	11	219	36	262	04	300	16	327	47	345	40	359	10
29	12	52	30	04	56	26	93	48	136	08	178	36	221	01	263	27	301	23	328	31	346	10	359	35
30	13	21	30	46	57	31	95	10	137	33	180	00	222	27	264	50	302	29	329	14	346	39	360	00

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Tabula Ascensionum Obliquarum ad Latitudinem 51 deg. 30 min.
° ′	♈		♉		♊		♋		♌		♍		♎		♏		♐		♑		♒		♓
0	0	00	13	04	30	12	56	48	94	36	137	15	180	00	222	45	265	24	303	12	329	48	346	56
1	0	24	13	32	30	54	57	54	95	05	138	42	181	25	224	10	266	47	304	17	330	29	347	[...]5
2	0	49	14	01	31	38	59	01	97	24	140	08	182	50	225	36	268	9	305	21	331	11	347	53
3	1	14	14	30	32	21	60	08	98	46	141	34	84	15	227	02	269	32	306	24	331	51	348	21
4	1	39	15	01	33	06	61	16	100	10	143	00	185	40	228	48	270	54	307	27	332	39	348	49
5	2	04	15	30	33	50	62	25	101	35	144	26	187	06	229	54	272	16	308	29	333	09	349	16
6	2	29	16	00	34	35	63	35	102	59	145	52	188	30	231	20	273	37	309	30	333	47	349	44
7	2	54	16	31	35	22	64	46	104	23	147	17	189	56	232	46	274	57	310	30	334	25	350	11
8	3	19	17	02	36	08	65	57	105	48	148	43	191	21	234	13	276	17	311	29	335	2	350	38
9	3	45	17	33	36	37	67	10	107	13	150	09	192	46	235	39	277	36	312	27	335	40	351	05
10	4	10	18	05	37	46	68	22	108	38	151	34	194	12	237	05	278	56	313	24	336	17	351	32
11	4	36	18	37	38	35	69	35	110	03	153	00	195	37	238	32	280	14	314	21	336	52	351	58
12	5	01	19	10	39	26	70	49	111	29	154	25	197	02	239	57	281	32	315	16	337	27	352	25
13	5	26	19	42	49	16	72	03	112	54	155	51	198	28	241	23	282	51	316	11	338	2	352	51
14	5	52	20	14	41	08	73	19	114	21	157	16	199	53	242	49	284	8	317	6	338	38	353	17
15	6	17	20	48	42	01	74	35	115	46	158	44	201	16	244	14	285	25	317	59	339	12	353	43
16	6	43	21	22	42	54	75	52	117	11	160	07	202	44	245	39	286	41	318	52	339	46	354	8
17	7	09	21	58	43	49	77	09	118	37	161	32	204	09	247	6	287	57	319	44	340	18	354	34
18	7	35	22	33	44	44	78	28	120	03	162	58	205	35	248	31	289	11	320	34	340	50	354	59
19	8	02	23	08	45	39	79	46	121	28	164	23	207	00	249	57	290	25	321	25	341	23	355	24
20	8	28	23	43	46	26	81	04	122	55	165	48	208	26	251	22	291	38	322	14	341	55	355	50
21	8	55	24	20	47	33	82	24	124	21	167	14	209	51	352	47	292	50	323	3	342	27	356	15
22	9	22	24	58	48	31	83	43	125	47	168	39	211	17	254	12	294	3	323	52	342	58	356	41
23	9	49	25	35	49	30	85	03	127	14	170	04	212	43	255	37	295	14	324	38	343	29	357	6
24	10	16	26	13	50	30	86	23	128	40	171	30	214	08	257	1	296	25	325	25	344	0	357	31
25	10	40	26	51	51	31	87	44	130	06	172	54	215	34	258	25	297	35	326	10	344	30	357	36
26	11	11	27	30	52	33	89	06	131	32	174	20	217	00	259	59	298	44	326	54	344	59	358	21
27	11	39	28	09	53	36	90	28	132	58	175	45	218	26	261	14	299	52	327	39	345	35	358	46
28	12	07	28	49	54	39	91	51	134	24	177	10	219	52	262	36	300	59	328	22	345	59	359	11
29	12	35	29	31	55	43	93	1 [...]	135	50	178	35	221	18	264	1	302	6	329	6	346	28	359	36
30	13	04	30	12	56	48	94	36	137	15	180	00	222	45	265	24	303	12	329	48	346	56	360	0

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Tabula Ascensionum Obliquarum ad Latitudinem 52 deg. 00 min.
′°	♈		♉		♊		♋		♌		♍		♎		♏		♐		♑		♒		♓
0	00	00	12	48	29	42	56	11	94	06	137	0 [...]	180	9	223	0	265	54	303	4	330	18	347	12
1	00	24	13	16	30	24	57	17	95	30	138	27	181	25	224	26	267	17	304	54	330	59	347	40
2	00	48	13	45	31	7	58	24	96	54	139	54	182	51	225	52	268	40	305	58	331	39	348	7
3	1	13	14	14	31	50	59	31	98	18	141	20	184	16	227	19	270	3	307	1	332	19	348	35
4	1	37	14	43	32	34	60	39	99	42	142	47	185	42	228	45	271	26	308	4	332	58	349	2
5	2	02	15	12	33	18	61	48	101	9	144	13	187	8	230	12	272	48	309	6	333	37	349	29
6	2	26	15	42	34	3	62	58	102	32	145	40	188	33	231	38	274	9	310	7	334	15	349	56
7	2	51	16	13	34	49	64	09	103	57	147	6	189	59	233	5	275	49	311	7	334	52	350	23
8	3	15	16	43	35	36	65	20	105	22	148	32	191	25	234	32	276	50	312	6	335	29	350	49
9	3	40	17	14	36	24	66	32	106	47	149	58	192	51	235	58	278	10	313	[...]	336	6	351	16
10	4	5	17	45	37	12	67	45	108	12	151	24	194	17	237	25	279	30	314	1	336	42	351	42
11	4	30	18	16	38	1	68	59	109	38	152	50	195	42	238	52	280	49	314	57	337	17	352	8
12	4	55	18	48	38	51	70	13	111	4	154	16	197	8	240	18	282	8	315	52	337	52	352	33
13	5	20	19	20	39	42	71	28	112	30	155	42	198	34	241	45	283	26	316	47	338	26	352	59
14	5	45	19	52	40	34	72	44	113	56	157	8	200	0	243	11	284	43	317	41	339	1	353	25
15	6	10	20	25	41	26	74	0	115	23	158	54	201	26	244	37	286	00	318	34	339	35	353	50
16	6	35	20	59	42	19	75	17	116	49	160	0	202	52	246	4	287	16	319	26	340	8	354	15
17	7	1	21	34	43	13	76	34	118	15	161	26	204	18	247	30	288	32	320	18	340	40	354	40
18	7	26	22	08	44	8	77	52	119	42	162	52	205	44	248	56	289	47	321	9	341	12	355	5
19	7	52	22	43	45	3	79	11	121	8	164	18	207	10	250	22	291	1	321	59	341	44	355	30
20	8	18	23	18	45	59	80	30	122	35	165	43	208	36	251	48	292	15	322	48	342	15	355	55
21	8	44	23	54	46	56	81	50	124	2	167	9	210	2	253	13	293	2 [...]	323	36	342	46	356	20
22	9	11	24	31	47	54	83	10	125	28	168	35	211	28	254	38	294	40	324	24	343	17	356	45
23	9	37	25	08	48	53	84	31	126	55	170	1	212	54	256	3	295	51	325	11	344	18	357	9
24	10	4	25	45	49	53	85	51	128	22	171	27	214	20	257	28	297	[...]	325	57	344	18	357	34
25	10	31	26	23	50	54	87	12	129	48	172	52	215	47	258	53	298	12	326	42	344	48	357	58
26	10	58	27	2	51	56	88	34	131	15	174	18	217	13	260	18	299	21	327	26	345	17	358	23
27	11	25	27	41	52	59	89	57	132	41	175	44	218	40	261	42	300	29	328	10	345	46	358	47
28	11	53	28	21	54	2	91	20	134	8	177	9	220	6	263	6	301	36	328	53	346	15	359	12
29	12	20	29	01	55	6	92	43	135	34	178	35	221	33	264	30	302	43	329	36	346	44	359	36
30	12	48	29	42	56	11	94	06	137	00	180	9	223	0	265	54	303	49	330	18	347	12	360	0

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Tabula Ascensionum Obliquarum ad Latitudinem 53 deg. 00 min.
° ′	♈		♉		♊		♋		♌		♍		♎		♏		♐		♑		♒		♓
0 0	0	0	12	14	28	34	54	46	92	58	136	26	180	0	223	34	267	2	305	14	331	26	347	46
1	0	23	12	41	29	15	55	52	94	23	137	54	181	26	225	1	268	27	306	20	332	6	348	13
2	0	40	13	8	29	57	56	5 [...]	95	48	139	22	182	53	226	29	269	51	307	25	332	45	348	40
3	1	09	13	36	30	39	58	6	97	13	140	49	184	20	227	56	271	15	308	28	333	24	349	6
4	1	32	14	4	31	22	59	14	98	38	142	17	185	47	229	24	272	38	309	30	334	2	349	32
5	1	56	14	32	32	6	60	23	100	4	143	44	187	14	230	52	274	0	310	31	334	40	349	58
6	2	19	15	1	32	51	61	33	101	30	145	12	188	40	232	19	275	22	311	31	335	17	350	24
7	2	43	15	30	33	36	62	44	102	56	146	39	190	7	233	47	276	44	312	30	335	53	350	50
8	3	6	15	59	34	22	63	56	104	22	148	7	191	34	235	15	278	5	313	29	336	29	351	15
9	3	30	16	29	35	8	65	9	105	48	149	34	193	1	236	43	279	26	314	27	337	4	351	40
10	3	54	16	59	35	55	66	22	107	15	151	1	194	28	238	11	280	47	315	24	337	39	352	5
11	4	17	17	29	36	43	67	36	108	42	152	29	195	55	239	19	282	7	316	21	338	13	352	30
12	4	41	18	0	37	32	68	51	110	9	153	56	197	22	241	6	283	26	317	16	338	47	352	55
13	5	5	18	31	38	22	70	6	111	36	155	23	198	49	242	34	284	45	318	10	339	20	353	19
14	5	29	19	2	39	11	71	22	113	4	156	50	200	16	244	1	286	3	319	3	339	53	353	43
15	5	53	19	34	40	5	72	39	114	32	158	17	201	43	245	28	287	21	319	55	340	26	354	7
16	6	17	20	7	40	57	73	57	115	59	159	44	203	10	246	56	288	38	320	47	340	58	354	31
17	6	41	20	40	41	50	75	15	117	26	161	11	204	37	248	24	289	54	321	38	341	29	354	55
18	7	5	21	13	[...]2	44	76	34	118	54	162	38	206	4	249	51	291	9	322	28	342	0	355	19
19	7	30	21	47	43	39	77	53	120	21	164	5	207	31	251	18	292	24	323	17	342	31	355	43
20	7	55	22	2 [...]	44	36	79	13	12 [...]	49	165	32	208	59	252	45	293	38	324	5	343	1	356	6
21	8	20	22	56	45	3 [...]	[...]0	34	123	17	166	59	210	26	254	12	294	51	324	52	343	31	356	30
22	8	45	23	3 [...]	46	31	81	5 [...]	124	45	168	26	211	53	255	38	296	4	325	38	344	1	356	54
23	9	10	24	7	47	3 [...]	[...]3	16	126	13	169	53	213	21	257	4	297	26	326	24	344	30	357	17
24	9	36	24	4 [...]	8	2 [...]	[...]4	38	127	41	171	20	214	48	258	30	298	27	327	9	344	59	357	41
25	10	2	25	20	49	29	86	0	129	8	172	46	216	16	259	56	299	37	327	54	345	28	358	4
26	10	28	25	58	50	30	87	22	130	36	174	13	217	43	261	22	300	46	328	38	345	56	358	28
27	10	54	26	3 [...]	51	3 [...]	[...]8	45	132	4	175	40	219	11	262	47	301	54	329	21	346	24	358	51
28	11	20	27	1 [...]	52	3 [...]	90	9	133	31	177	7	220	38	264	12	303	1	330	3	346	52	359	14
29	11	47	27	53	53	40	91	33	134	59	178	34	222	[...]6	265	37	304	8	330	45	347	19	359	37
30	12	14	28	34	54	46	92	58	136	26	180	0	223	34	267	2	305	14	331	26	347	46	360	0

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The description and use of the nocturnal by M. Samuel Foster ... ; with the addition of a ruler, shewing the measures of inches and other parts of most countries, compared with our English ones ; being useful for all merchants & tradesmen.

Author: Foster, Samuel, d. 1652.1685

The Use of the Nocturnal.

Additions to the Instrument, in Brass; made by Mr. R. Aug. 1st. 1684.

To know at any time proposed, what Point of the Ecclip­tick is in the Meridian.

To know when any of the Planets shall come to the Meridian.

To know at any time proposed, what Point of the Eccliptick is in the Meridian.