Table Colunm Headings A. 3m.fa.28s. B. 6m.fa. 5s. C. 0m.sl. 3s. D. 10m.sl.16s. E. 16m.sl.18s. F. 10m.sl.52s. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EQUATION OF TIME, 1875--_continued_. | +-----+-----------+---------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | Day | July | August |September |October |November |December | +-----+-----------+---------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ | 1 | A | B | C | D. | E | F | | 3 | 3 51 | 5 57 | 0 41 | 10 54 | 16 19 | 10 5 | | 5 | 4 13 | 5 47 | 1 20 | 11 30 | 16 17 | 9 17 | | 7 | 4 33 | 5 34 | 2 0 | 12 5 | 16 12 | 8 26 | | 9 | 4 52 | 5 19 | 2 41 | 12 38 | 16 4 | 7 33 | | 11 | 5 9 | 5 2 | 3 22 | 13 10 | 15 52 | 6 38 | | 13 | 5 24 | 4 42 | 4 4 | 13 40 | 15 37 | 5 42 | | 15 | 5 38 | 4 20 | 4 47 | 14 8 | 15 18 | 4 45 | | 17 | 5 49 | 3 55 | 5 29 | 14 33 | 14 56 | 3 47 | | 19 | 5 59 | 3 29 | 6 12 | 14 56 | 14 31 | 2 47 | | 21 | 6 6 | 3 1 | 6 54 | 15 17 | 14 2 | 1 48 | | 23 | 6 11 | 2 31 | 7 36 | 15 34 | 13 30 | 0 48 | | 25 | 6 13 | 1 59 | 8 17 | 15 49 | 12 55 | 0 fa.12 | | 27 | 6 14 | 1 26 | 8 58 | 16 1 | 12 17 | 1 12 | | 29 | 6 12 | 0 52 | 9 37 | 16 10 | 11 36 | 2 11 | | 31 | 6 8 | 0 16 | - - - | 16 16 | - - - | 3 10 | +-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---+ |_Note_.--Fa. means clock to be fast, _that is_, your Clock, to be | |right, must be so much faster than the Sun-Dial--Sl. that your Clock | |must be so much slower than the Sun-Dial. _To set a Clock or Watch on| |any Day by means of this Table_:--Take out the number of Minutes and | |Seconds which stand against that day, and make your Clock or Watch so| |much faster or slower (according as the table is marked _fa._ or | |_sl._) than the time on a good Sun-Dial. Thus, on January 1st, the | |Clock must be set 3m. 45s. _faster_ or _before_ the Dial; on the 1st | |of October, it must be set 10m. 16s. _slower_. Correct the Watch when| |the Dial marks just an hour, as 9, 10, 11, 1, 2, 3, or 4 o'clock. | |Noon is _not_ best, nor near Sunrise or Sunset. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired. Italic text is denoted by _underscore_. The carat character (^) indicates that the following letter is superscripted (example: 53^s). Inconsistent hyphenation has been repaired.