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ID	11085
Last Name	Birkett
First Name	William
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Gender	Male
Date of Birth	1688
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VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/18773909
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Author	Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1744: and from the creation, by scripture, 5753. Being the bissextile or leap-year, wherein is contained, the lunations, ecclipses, judgement of the weather according to this climate, planets motions and mutual aspects, the sun's and moon's rising and setting, the seven stars rising, southing and setting, time of high-water, fairs, courts, meetings, and observable days; with other celestial phænomenas throughout the year, as by perusal will appear. Referred to the vertex of Philadelphia, but may without sensible error serve all the adjacent provinces, from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.	1743
Author	Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1745 By William Birkett	1744
Author	Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1747. And from the Creation, by Scripture, 5756. Being the third after bissextile or leap year. Wherein is contained, the lunations, eclipses, judgement of the weather according to the climate, planets motions and mutual aspects, the sun's and moon's rising and setting, the seven stars rising, southing and setting, courts, fairs, meetings, and other observable days; with other celestial phænominas throughout the year. Referred to the vertex of the city of Philadelphia, whose pole is elevated 40 degrees, and a meridian of 5 hours west from London, but may without sensible error serve all the provinces adjacent from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.	1746
Author	Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1748. And from the creation, by scripture, 5757. Being bissextile or leap-year. Wherein is contained, the lunations, eclipses, judgement of the weather according to this climate, planets motions and mutual aspects, the sun's and moon's rising and setting, the seven stars rising, southing and setting, courts, fairs, meetings, high water at Philadelphia, and observable days; with other celestia; phænominas, as by the contents will appear. Calculated from Carline [sic] tables, according to art, and referred to the vertex of the city of Philadelphia, but may without sensible error serve all the provinces adjacent from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.	1747

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