Gregorii posthuma, or, Certain learned tracts written by John Gregorie. Together with a short account of the author's life and elegies on his much-lamented death published by J.G.

Title

Gregorii posthuma, or, Certain learned tracts written by John Gregorie. Together with a short account of the author's life and elegies on his much-lamented death published by J.G.

Author

Gregory, John, 1607-1646.

Publication

London :: Printed by William Du-gard for Laurence Sadler,

1649.

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Church of England -- Collected works.

Theology -- 17th century.

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Contents

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• An ELEGIE On the Learned AUTOR.

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• Upon the much deplored Deceas of Mr John Gregorie, Chaplain of CHRIST-CHURCH.
• Epitaphium Joannis Gregorii.
• The Particular Titles of this Book.

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• ΚΑΙΝΑΝ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ.
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    • CHAP. I. Concerning the Characters of Time.
    • CHAP. II. Of the Eclipses.
    • CHAP. III. Concerning the Cycle of the Sun.
    • CHAP. IV. Concerning the Cycle of the Moon.
    • CHAP. V. Concerning the Ferial Character.
    • CHAP. VI. Concerning the great Conjunctions.
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    • Concerning the Civil Characters, and first of the Sabbatical Years.
    • CHAP. II. Concerning the Indictions.
    • CHAP. III. Concerning the Periods.
    • CHAP. IV. Concerning the Aera's.
    • CHAP. V. Aera Orbis Conditi.
    • CHAP. VI. Nabonassar's Aera.
    • CHAP. VII. The Aera of the Olympiads.
    • CHAP. VIII. Aera Ʋrbis Conditae.
    • CHAP. XI. Aera Septimanarum Septuaginta, the seventie Weeks.
    • CHAP. X. Aera Alexandrea,
    • CHAP. XI. Aera Dhilcarnian
    • CHAP. XII. The Jews Aera.
    • CHAP. XIII. AEra Dionysiana Philadelphi.
    • CHAP. XIV. AEra Hispanica.
    • CHAP. XV. Aera Actiacae Victoriae. &c.
    • CHAP. XVI. Aera Christi Nati.
    • CHAP. XVII. Aera Passionis Dominicae.
    • CHAP. XVIII. Hegira Muchammedis.
    • CHAP. XIX. Aera Jesdigerdica.
    • CHAP. XX. What is Proleptical, and what Historical Time.
    • CHAP. XXI. Considering the Causses of that infinite Varietie which is found to bee amongst Chronologers.
    • CHAP. XXII. Of Canon Chronological.
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  • אשור
  • NIMROD. Annus Mundi 1718. Ante Christ. Nat. 2230. Cycle of the Sun 18. Cycle of the Moon 12.
    • Nimrod.
    • Synchronism.
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    • Belus 2.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Ninus.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Semiramis.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Zames sive Ninias.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Sardanapalus.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • PHUL. Circa Annum Mundi 3182.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Tiglath Philassar.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Salmanassar.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Sennacherib.
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Asarhaddon.
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    • The First King in this last Dynastie of Ashur was
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Hevil Merodac
    • Synchronismi.
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    • Belshazar.
    • Synchronismi.
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  • Of the Meridian without the Globe.
  • Of the Axel and Poles of the Globe and of the Hour Circle.
  • Of the Horizon.
  • The Reason of the Difference in Computation be∣twixt the Old and New Accompts.
  • Why the Meridians and Horizons which are so several upon the Earth, are but single without the Globe.
  • Of the Quadrant of Altitude, and the Compass.
  • Of the Great Circles upon the Globe, and first of the Meridians.
  • Concerning the Difference of Geographers in the pla∣cing of their Great Meridian, and the Caus∣ses pretending thereto.
  • What Cours is to bee taken with this Varietie of Meridians, and how followed, or neglected by the Geographers.
  • Of the Lesser Meridians.
  • Of the Equator, and the Lesser Circles.
  • The Description of the Waterie-Part of the Globe by the Rumbes of the Mariner's Compass.
  • The Original of the Mariner's Compass from the Magnetical Constitution of the Earth.
  • The Use of the Terrestrial Globe; and first of the Rectification.
  • By the known Place to finde out the Longitude and Latitude, and by the known Longitude and Latitude to finde out the Place.
  • Of the Difference of Longitude and Latitude, and what is to bee observed in the con∣verting of the Degrees of either into Miles.
  • To finde out the Bearing of one Place from ano∣ther, and what is meant by the Angle of Position.
  • To finde out the several Positions of Sphere, Clime, Parallel, &c.
  • Of Astrological Geographie, and to tell under what Sign, or Planet, a Region, or Citie is subjected.
  • The Description and Ʋse of Maps and Charts Ʋniversal and Particular.
  • The Description of the whole by Parallelogram.
  • The Description of the Whole by Planisphere.
  • Of the Section by the Equator.
  • Of the Section by the Meridian.
  • Example of this in the Description of the Planispherical Map of Hondius.
  • The Description and Use of Particular Charts.
  • Example of all this in the Description of Saxton's Map of England and Wales.
  • Of Topographical Maps, and for an Example the Description of Middle sex by Mr Norden.
  • Of the Resemblance of Countries, and to other things in Art or Nature.
  • Of the old and new Names of Places, and other Artificial Terms met with in the Maps.
  • The Concernment of All This.