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The New-Jersey almanack, : according to the new stile; for the year of Christian account 1757. Unto which is number'd from the creation, by the oriental and Greek Christians, 7264 years. By the Jews, Hebrews and Rabbies, 7966 by the computation of W.W. 5765 being the first after bissextile, or leap-year. Wherein is contained: the months in the year, the increase, decrease, and length of every day, the sun and moon's rising and setting, the moon's age for every day, the lunations, eclipses, and judgment of weather, the planets motions and mutual aspects ... and Quakers general meetings,; ... Calculated for the meridian of Tren[ton, where] the pole arctic is elevated above the [horizon 40 degrees] 20 minutes, and a meridian of five hours [west from London;] but may, without much error, serve all [the adjacent places,] from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Ball, [philomath.]

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