Notice of by the Ancients, of which Plutarch hath written a particular Treatife under the Title, De Facie in Orbe Lunæ,' tranflated and commented upon by Kepler, and annexed to his Somnium Lunare; and called by the Vulgar, the Man in the Moon..

The new ones, are thofe leffer Spots, which are not difcernible but by the Help of a Telefcope, which are various, differing in Magnitude, Figure, Situation, Colour, &c. obferved, and with exactnefs defcribed, by fundry eminent modern Aftronomers: fome of whom have impofed, as well upon the Old as New, diftinct Names and Appellations, for the better Knowledge of them. Among whom, Langrenus in his Selenographia, hath noted them by the Names of feveral Perfons eminent either for their Skill in the Mathematicks, or their Dignity and Honours, or their particular Friendship and Favour to him and his Studies. Hevelius, as if the Moon were another Earth, hath defcribed and diftinguifhed them by geographical Marks and Denominations, transferring to them the Names proper to our terreftrial Continents, Promontories, Mountains, Iflands, Seas, Lakes, &c, Grimaldus hath fignaized them by the Names (for the molt Part) of Perfons peculiarly addicted to, and eminent in the Study of Aftronomy.

Whether the Moon be habitable.

That the Moon is inhabited, is by divers, as well Philofophers as Aftronomers at this Day, maintained and afferted; from the Appearance of Mountains, Valleys, W ods, Lakes, Seas, and Rivers, difcovered therein by Help of the Telescope, which Opinion was long fince embraced by the Ancients, as Cicero tettifies (Academ. Quæft. 1. 4.) where he cites the Authority of Xenophares Habitari ait Xenophanes in Luna, Eamque effe terram multarum Urbium et Mon ium.' Plutarch likewise, de Placit. Philofophicis, ii. c. 30, reports, that the Pythagoreans affirm the Moon to be another Earth and that fhe is inhabited round about, like this Earth of ours, and pe pled with living Creat res, Fifteen Times larger than those with us. Thefe inhabitants were by the Anci nts called Antich ones, in Regard they welt in an Earth oppofite to

Ours,

h;

And in that noted pi ce of his, De Facie in Orbe Lunæ,' he fays, that there are Caverns in the Moon, which

ar

are called Penetralia Hecates, and that the upper Parts of the Moon, which always refpect the Heavens, are the Elyfian Fields; that it is likewife inhabited by Genii, which dwell not always there, but fometime defcend to the Earth, to the Affittance or Punishment of Mankind, &c. Macrobius likewife in Somn. Scipionis, 1. i. and Achilles Tatius in Ifagog. report the like of the Moon's being habitable, The Words of Macrobius are these, Lunam, Etheream Terram Phyfici vocaverunt, et Habitatores ejus Lunares populos uncuparunt; quod ita effe plurimis Argumentis, quæ nunc longum eft enumerare, docuerunt.' See to this Purpofe more in Kepler, in his Aftronomia Optica, and particularly in that marvellously ingenious poftume Piece of his, called Somnium, five de Lunari Aftronomia,' and in his learned Annotations thereupon; and on Plutarch, his Book, De Facie in Orbe Lunæ,' thereto annexed: nor will this feem an extravagant Opinion to those who fhall, upon due Confideration, be perfuaded to admit, that the Moon, enjoys as favourable an Afpect from the Sun as this Earth of ours; though their Days and Nights be anfwerable to our Half Months, in regard it is fkreened with Hills and Mountains, under which lie deep and fhady Valleys, with hollow Caves and Receffes, equally advantageous against the Extremities of Heat and Cold; watered likewise with great Lakes and Rivers, and confequently by Nature furnished with all Things requifite for Suftentation of Life; and, therefore, it cannot reasonably be thought, that these Advantages and Benefits should be conferred by Nature for no Ufe or End; or that the Moon should only be made to reflect the Sun's Light to us. See the learned Dr. Ifaac Voffius, in his Treatife de Natura, et Propriet. Lucis, c. xix.

FINIS.

1

The COELESTIAL ATLAS;

OR, A NEW

E PHE M ERI S
For the YEAR of our LORD 1788.

Being the

BISSEXTILE, or LEA P-YEAR.

Wherein are contained

The Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Places of the Planets, the ECLIPSES of the Luminaries, and other remarkable PHENOMENA that will happen this Year.

Carefully computed

From the genuine TABLES of Dr. EDMUND HALLEY, thofe of Profeffor MAYER, and other the latest and most correc ASTRONOMICAL TABLES.

ALSO

A Compleat ALMANACK, containing the FEASTS and FASTS of the Church of ENGLAND; the Times of the LUNATIONS; the Rifing and Setting of the Sun, Moon, and Planets, &c.~~.

Adapted to the

Meridian and Latitude of the ancient and honourable
CITY of LONDON.
To which are added,

Several useful TABLES: As, a TABLE of the Sun's
femi-diurnal Arcs, by which the Times of the Sun's Rifing and
Setting may be known by Inspection, on every Day in the Year, and
in any Part of GREAT-BRITAIN OF IRELAND E-TABLE,
and a very correct one of the Eclipfes of Jup Satelles;
a TABLE of the Sun's Right-Afcenfion; varEBLES of
the most remarkable fixed Stars, corrected from MERLAMSTEED'S
Catalogue; and, laftly, a correct TABLE OF T and Longi-
tudes of the most remarkable Places in the World

ΤΟ

By ROBERT WIPES
Teacher of the Mathematicks.

Οι εξανοί διηγένται δοξαν Θεό.

The THIRTY-NINTH IMPRESSION.

LONDON:

Printed for the Company

of

STATIONERS; and fold by ROBERT HORSFIELD, at their Hall, in Ludgate-street. [Price NINE-PENCE ftitched.]

T

OHE beautiful Planet VENUS will be an Evening Star till Auguft the 8th and after that Time fhe will be a Morning Year's End.

Star to the

JUPITER will be an Evening Star 'till the 29th Day of June, at which Time he becomes a Morning Star, and fo continues to the Year's End.

The NAMES of the Learned JUDGES of the LAW. I. The Right Hon. Lord Thurlow, Lord High Chancellor.

Right Honourable Sir Lloyd Kenyon, Bart. Mafter of the Rolls. R. H. Wm. Earl Mansfield, L. C. J. Si Noh Grofe, Kut. Sir W. H. Ashurst, Knt. Francis Buller, Efq;

II. In the
K. Bench.

III. In the
C. Pleas.

R. H. Alex. Lord Loughborough, L. C. J. Sir Henry Gould, Knt.
Sir John Wilfon, Kat, John Heath, Eiq;

IV. In the Sir James Eyre, Knt. L. C. B. Sir Alex. Thompson, Knt.
Exchequer Sir Beaumont Hotham, Knt. Sir Richard Perryn, Knt.
Pepper Arden, Efq; Attor. General;. Alex. M'Donald, Efq; Sol:c. General.

A TABLE OF TERMS and Returns for the Year 1788.

Hilary Term begins Jan. 23, ends Feb. 12.

Returns or Effoign-days.

In eight Days of St. Hilary,

In fifteen Days of St. Hilary

On the Mor of the Purif. of h- Bl. V. M Feb. 3
In eight Days of the Purif. of the Bl. V. M.

Eafter Term begins April 9, ends May 5.

In fifteen Days of Eafter

From Eafter Day in three Weeks

From Eafter Day in one Month

From Eafter Day in five Weeks

On the Mor. of the Afcenfion of he Lord

April 6 7

Exc. Ret. Ap. W. D.

Jan. 20

9 10

21 22 23 Wedn. 28 29 3 Wedn. 4 5 6 Wedn. 11 12 Tuesday

Wedn

Wedn.

23 Wedn.

25 26 June i

Ween.

2

8 9 10

May 2

23, ends June 11.
May 19 20 21

Trinity Term begins May
On the Morrow of the Holy Trinity,
In eight Days of the Holy Trinity,
In fif een Days of the Holy Trinity,
From he Day of the Holy Trin in 3 Weeks

Michaelmas Term begins Nov. 6, ends Nov. 25.

N. B. No Sittings in Weftminster-Hall on the Second of February, Afcenfion-day, and Midfummer-day.

The Exchequer opens eight Days before any Term begins, except Trinity, before which it opens but four Days..

Note, The first and laft Days of every Term, are the first and last Days of Appearance.